The Richest East India Merchant. The life and business of John Palmer of Calcutta, 1767-1836
Details:
- Author(s) Webster, Anthony
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2007
- Pages 194pp; ilus
- Publisher Boydell
- Place Published Woodbridge
Topics:
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: collapse of businesses
- Name Business/Industry failure, decline, lack of success, etc: decline of businesses
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Provides a scholarly biography and business history of John Palmer and of his firm based on his surviving abundant and informative correspondence, dealing with personal, social and commercial aspects and attempting 'to capture the man's personality, values, attitudes, relationships and the social milieu in which he moved'. The chapters include: 'The world of John Palmer'; 'The prince of merchants'; 'The management of John Palmer & Co - strategies, structures and problems'; 'Parenthood and patronage - race, kinship, society and Anglo Indian business culture'; 'John Palmer and the politics of the East India Co'; 'Ruin and failure, 1820-1830'; 'John Palmer's life and legacy'. Includes much about the London firm of Paxton, Cockerell & Trail with whom Palmer's worked especially closely