Managing the British Empire

Managing the British Empire The Crown Agents, 1833-1914 - Royal Historical Society Studies in History. New Series

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Publisher's Synopsis

The Crown Agents Office played a crucial role in colonial development. The Crown Agents Office played a crucial role in colonial development. Acting in the United Kingdom as the commercial and financial agent for the crown colonies, the Agency supplied all non-locally manufactured stores required bycolonial governments, issued their London loans, managed their UK investments, and supervised the construction of their railways, harbours and other public works. In addition, the Office supervised the award of colonial land and mineral concessions, monitored the colonial banking and currency system, and performed a personnel role, paying colonial service salaries and pensions, recruiting technical officers, and arranging the transport of officers, troopsand Indian indentured labour. In this important book, the first in-depth investigation of the Agency, David Sunderland examines each of these services in turn, determining in each case whether the Crown Agents' performance benefited their clients, the UK economy or themselves. His book is thus both an account of a remarkable and unique organisation and a fascinating examination of the "nuts and bolts" of nineteenth-century development. David Sunderland is Reader in Business History, Greenwich University.

Book information

ISBN: 9780861932672
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: Royal Historical Society
Pub date:
DEWEY: 325.34109034
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 695g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 22mm