Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Measures and Currencies
- Introduction: Companies, Political Economy and the Great Divergenc
- Chapter 1 The Early Modern Silk Industry, Trade and Mercantilism
- Chapter 2 Empire, the English East India Company, and Bengal Raw Silk
- Chapter 3 Bengal, Piedmont and the English East India Company
- Chapter 4 The Bengal Silk Industry and the English East India Company
- Chapter 5 Filatures and Performance in the Bengal Silk Industry
- Chapter 6 The Bengal Silk Industry and British Laissez-Faire Policies
- Chapter 7 Bengal Raw Silk and British Demand in the Nineteenth Century
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Description of the Piedmontese Reeling Machine by Dionysius Lardner
- Appendix B Average Prices of Bengal Raw Silk on the British Market According to the Type of the Silk, 1796–1856
- Appendix C Return on Investment Analysis
- Appendix D Comparison of Manufacturing Costs at the EEIC's Experimental Filature and Common Filature in its Vicinity, 1832
- Appendix E Mechanisation of Silk Throwing and Weaving in England and Scotland, 1856
- Appendix F Types of Silkworm Reared in Bengal Silk Districts, 1818
- Appendix G Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- WORLDS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Measures and Currencies
- Introduction: Companies, Political Economy and the Great Divergenc
- Chapter 1 The Early Modern Silk Industry, Trade and Mercantilism
- Chapter 2 Empire, the English East India Company, and Bengal Raw Silk
- Chapter 3 Bengal, Piedmont and the English East India Company
- Chapter 4 The Bengal Silk Industry and the English East India Company
- Chapter 5 Filatures and Performance in the Bengal Silk Industry
- Chapter 6 The Bengal Silk Industry and British Laissez-Faire Policies
- Chapter 7 Bengal Raw Silk and British Demand in the Nineteenth Century
- Conclusion
- Appendix A Description of the Piedmontese Reeling Machine by Dionysius Lardner
- Appendix B Average Prices of Bengal Raw Silk on the British Market According to the Type of the Silk, 1796–1856
- Appendix C Return on Investment Analysis
- Appendix D Comparison of Manufacturing Costs at the EEIC's Experimental Filature and Common Filature in its Vicinity, 1832
- Appendix E Mechanisation of Silk Throwing and Weaving in England and Scotland, 1856
- Appendix F Types of Silkworm Reared in Bengal Silk Districts, 1818
- Appendix G Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- WORLDS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY
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- The English East India Company's Silk Enterprise in Bengal, 1750–1850Economy, Empire and Business, pp. v - viPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2019