Maritime enterprise and empire : Sir William Mackinnon and his business network, 1823-93 /
This book explores the nineteenth century roots of globalisation through the activities of the enterprise network created by the Scottish merchant, William Mackinnon. It follows the rise of the family-led business group from its modest origins in Scotland to its transformation into the world's...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY :
Boydell Press
2003.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7722/j.ctt7zsv15 |
| Summary: | This book explores the nineteenth century roots of globalisation through the activities of the enterprise network created by the Scottish merchant, William Mackinnon. It follows the rise of the family-led business group from its modest origins in Scotland to its transformation into the world's largest maritime and mercantile conglomerate, tracingthe history of the various shipping firms within the group - including the British India, Netherlands India and Australasian United companies - and identifies the key factors behind its domination of coastal steamshipping around the Indian Ocean and in. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 525 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1846151139 9781846151132 0851159354 |