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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Timothy L Alborn |
| ISBN: | 0415180791 9780415180795 |
| OCLC Number: | 37442867 |
| Description: | ix, 297 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: companies and states -- Pt. I. Sovereign companies. 2. Democratic despot: the East India Company, 1783-1858. 3. Reluctant sovereign: the Bank of England, 1797-1875 -- Pt. II. Joint-stock banks. 4. "Representatives of the people": the politics of joint-stock banking, 1826-44. 5. Shifting gears: the rise of deposit banking, 1844-80. 6. "Doing enormous things": national banks, 1880-1914 -- Pt. III. Railways. 7. Early railways and the machinery of joint-stock politics. 8. Railway republics and bureaucratic visions, 1860-75. 9. Railways against democracy, 1875-1914. 10. Conclusion: going public. |
| Series Title: | Routledge explorations in economic history. |
| Responsibility: | Timothy L. Alborn. |
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