Sir Alfred Jones. Shipping entrepreneur par excellence
Details:
- Author(s) Davies, Peter N
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1978
- Pages 162pp; illus
- Publisher Europa Publications Ltd
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Entrepreneurship inc cultural influences, opportunity, etc
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly account. A biography of Sir Alfred Jones, 1845-1909, dealing especially with his business career and entrepreneurial qualities in his development of trade and shipping between Britain and West Africa and the associated British colonial development there. Chapters include: 'Background to the West African trade'; 'His early life'; 'Achievement of power'; 'Exercise of power'; 'Rewards of power'; 'Motivations and character of Sir Alfred Jones'. Extensive appendices deal with shareholdings in the companies with which he was connected. Includes much about the British & African Steam Navigation Co; African Steamship Co; John Holt; conference system