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Conceiving companies : joint-stock politics in Victorian England
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Conceiving companies : joint-stock politics in Victorian England

Author: Timothy L Alborn
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Series: Routledge explorations in economic history.
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This book takes a new approach to the rise of large scale companies in Victorian England, including the Bank of England and East India Company, locating their origins in social and political practice.  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
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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