Flagships of imperialism : the P & O Company and the politics of empire from its origins to 1867.

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Harcourt, Freda [author.]

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Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in imperialismPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (256 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781847791450
184779145X
9781781700761
1781700761
1847796524
9781847796523

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Flagships of imperialism.DDC classification:

387.542094109034

LOC classification:

HE945

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Contents:

'A large capital and great arrangements': P & O to 1840 -- Full steam ahead: west and east of Suez, 1840-45 -- From India to China: P & O and the opium trade, 1845-52 -- Competition and the route to Australia, 1847-57 -- Views from the boardroom, 1840-55 -- Nuts, bolts and money, 1843-65 -- Crisis and rescue, 1853-67.

Summary: Flagships of Imperialism is the first scholarly monograph on the history of the P & O shipping company, and the first history of P & O to pay due attention to the context of nineteenth century imperial politics which so significantly shaped the company's development. Based chiefly on unpublished material from the P & O archives and the National Archives, and on contemporary official publications, the book covers the crucial period from the company's origins to 1867. After presenting new findings about the company's origins in the Irish transport industry, the book charts the extension of the founders' interests from the Iberian peninsula to the Mediterranean, India, China and Australia.

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Flagships of Imperialism is the first scholarly monograph on the history of the P & O shipping company, and the first history of P & O to pay due attention to the context of nineteenth century imperial politics which so significantly shaped the company's development. Based chiefly on unpublished material from the P & O archives and the National Archives, and on contemporary official publications, the book covers the crucial period from the company's origins to 1867. After presenting new findings about the company's origins in the Irish transport industry, the book charts the extension of the founders' interests from the Iberian peninsula to the Mediterranean, India, China and Australia.