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- Material Type
- 図書
- ISBN
- 17832739419781783273942
- ISSN (series)
- 1752-5667
- Title
- Author/Editor
- Karolina Hutková.
- Series Title
- Title Heading
- Author Heading
- Publication, Distribution, etc.
- Publication Date
- 2019.著作権日付 : ©2019
- Publication Date (W3CDTF)
- 2019
- Extent
- xii, 257 pages
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- Size
- 25 cm.
- Place of Publication (Country Code)
- GB
- Text Language Code
- eng
- Genre/Form Terms
- Content Type
- txt : textsti : still imagecri : cartographic image
- Media Type
- n : unmediated
- Carrier Type
- nc : volume
- Subject Heading
- LCC
- NDLC
- Target Audience
- 一般
- Note (Content)
- This book examines the silk-processing activities of the English East India Company in Bengal and presents the Company as a manufacturer rather than a trading body or political agent. Silk was one of the first globally traded commodities; its luxury status and potential to create tax revenues and employ the poor gave it a strategic importance in many economies in Eurasia. The silk industry was also an important sector in Britain; yet, as raw silk could not be produced domestically, the British government encouraged companies to source supplies from its colonies and the territories under its influence. Such projects proved to be challenging; the most successful was the English East India Company's venture in Bengal, where the Company invested over 1 million into developing raw silk production to meet the demands of British weavers. A key component was the transfer of silk technologies from the West to the East - one of the first in this direction rather than vice versa. The outcome of this enterprise was influenced by the business and management capacities of the Company and by British and, eventually, imperial policies, with serious consequences for the Indian economy. The book ultimately presents a case of manufacturing failure, but one resulting from British imperial policies rather than colonial economies.
- Note (Bibliography)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index.
- Holding library
- 国立国会図書館
- Call No.
- DL631-P2
- Data Provider (Database)
- 国立国会図書館 : 国立国会図書館蔵書
- Bibliographic ID (NDL)
- 029736339
- LC Control Number
- 2019286294
- OCLC No.
- 1052876944
- Cataloging Rule
- RDA
- Bibliographic Record Category (NDL)
- 211