Breaking into the monopoly [electronic resource] : provincial merchants and manufacturers' campaigns for access to the Asian market, 1790-1833 / by Yukihisa Kumagai.
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TextSeries: Library of economic history ; v. 4.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789004241770
- 9004241779
- East India Company -- History
- East India Company
- East India Company
- Great Britain -- Commerce -- Asia
- Asia -- Commerce -- Great Britain
- Monopolies -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- Trade associations -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs
- Commerce
- Monopolies
- Trade associations
- Asia
- Great Britain
- 1800 - 1899
- 382.095 382.095041 22
- HF486 .E6 K86 2012eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Defending the monopoly: the East India Company, 1790s-1830s -- Challenging the commercial giant: the Glasgow East India Association, 1812-1813 -- Struggling for lucrative trade: the Glasgow East India Association, 1829-1833 -- Aiming for the premier port of the empire: the Liverpool East India Association, 1812-1813 and 1829-1833 -- Searching for new markets: the Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers, 1829-1833.
Print version record.
In Breaking into the Monopoly, Yukihisa Kumagai examines how the commercial pressure groups of Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester organised campaigns to end the British East India Company's monopoly from 1812-1813 and 1829-1833.