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Conceiving companies : joint-stock politics in Victorian England
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Title
Conceiving companies : joint-stock politics in Victorian England / Timothy L. Alborn.
ISBN
0203265513
0203450922
0415180791
9780203265512
9780203450925
9780415180795
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 297 pages)
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Summary
This book takes a new approach to the rise of large scale companies in Victorian England, including the Bank of England and East India Company, locating their origins in social and political practice.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Alborn, Timothy L., 1964- Conceiving companies. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge explorations in economic history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-289) and index.
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: companies and states
part Part I Sovereign companies
chapter 2 Democratic despot: the East India Company, 1783-1858
chapter 3 Reluctant sovereign: the Bank of England, 1797-1875
part Part II Joint-stock banks
chapter 4
chapter 5 Shifting gears: the rise of deposit banking, 1844-80
chapter 6
part Part III Railways
chapter 7 Early railways and the machinery of joint-stock politics The mechanization o f joint-stock politics
chapter 8 Railway republics and bureaucratic visions, 1860-75
chapter 9 Railways against democracy, 1875-1914
chapter 10 Conclusion: going public.
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