Paper and the British Empire: The Quest for Imperial Raw Materials, 1861-1960

ISBN-13: 9780367341565 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 168 str.

Timo S?rkk?

Opis

Paper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks, and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. The Political Economy of Raw Materials in the Global Paper Industry 1861–1960
Chapter 3. The Esparto Grass Trade
Chapter 4. The Pursuit of Wood Pulp
Chapter 5. Bamboo for Papermaking
Chapter 6. The Paper Trade and the British Empire
Chapter 7. A Retrospective View of the British Paper Industry
Chapter 8. Conclusions

O autorze

Timo Särkkä is a Docent in Economic History at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, Department of History and Ethnology. He specialises in global economic history with an emphasis on economic imperialism.