Economy, Empire and Business
E-Book, Englisch, Band 16, 275 Seiten, EPDF
Reihe: Worlds of the East India Company
ISBN: 978-1-78744-492-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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Introduction: Companies, Political Economy and the Great Divergence
Early Modern Silk Industry, Trade and Mercantilism
Empire, the English East India Company and Bengal Raw Silk
Bengal, Piedmont and the English East India Company
The Bengal Silk Industry and the English East India Company
Filatures and Performance in the Bengal Silk Industry
The Bengal Silk Industry and British Laissez-faire Policies
Bengal Raw Silk and British Demand in the Nineteenth Century
Conclusion
Appendix A: Description of the Piedmontese Reeling Machine by Dionysius Lardner
Appendix B: Average Prices of Bengal Raw Silk on the British Market according to the Type of the Silk, 1796-1856
Appendix C: Components of the EEIC's Business Model
Appendix D: Returns to Investment Analysis
Appendix E: Comparison of Manufacturing Costs at the EEIC's Experimental Filature and Common Filature in its Vicinity, 1832
Appendix F: Mechanisation of Silk Throwing in England, 1856
Appendix G: Types of Silkworks Reared in Bengal Silk Districts, 1818
Bibliography
Index
