TY  - BOOK
AU  - Harcourt,Freda
AU  - Palmer,Sarah
AU  - Harcourt,Edward
TI  - Flagships of imperialism: the P & O Company and the politics of empire from its origins to 1867
T2  - Studies in Imperialism
SN  - 9781847791450
AV  - HE945 .F534 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Manchester
PB  - Manchester University Press
KW  - Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
KW  - History
KW  - Political activity
KW  - Public contracts
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Shipping
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Ocean liners
KW  - Ocean travel
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 'A large capital and great arrangements': P and O to 1840 --; Full steam ahead: west and east of Suez, 1840-45 --; From India to China: P and O and the opium trade, 1845-52 --; Competition and the route to Australia, 1847-57 --; Views from the boardroom, 1840-55 --; Nuts, bolts and money, 1843-65 --; Crisis and rescue, 1853-67; 2; b
N2  - Flagships of Imperialism is the first scholarly monograph on the history of the P and O shipping company, and the first history of P and O to pay due attention to the context of nineteenth century imperial politics which so significantly shaped the company's development. Based chiefly on unpublished material from the P and O archives and the National Archives, and on contemporary official publications, the book covers the crucial period from the company's origins to 1867. After presenting new findings about the company's origins in the Irish transport industry, the book charts the extension of the founders' interests from the Iberian peninsula to the Mediterranean, India, China and Australia
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