Business, Race and Politics in British India, c1850-1960

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  • Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict

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  • India

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See the writer's doctoral thesis 'Entrepreneurial Decline and the End of Empire. British business in India, 1919-1949', Oxford, 1992. Explores relationship between enterprise and empire through an investigation of the British managing agency houses in India from 1860s to mid 20th century and structured: 'Origins of the managing agency houses, 1860-1919'; 'Managing agencies and the Indian economy, 1919-1947; 'Expatriate enterprise, race and politics'