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The Richest East India Merchant: The Life and Business of John Palmer of Calcutta, 1767-1836
Anthony Webster
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hardcover. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. This book presents an account of both of Palmer's business and personal life, showing how his personal relations and circumstances shaped his commercial strategies. Series: Worlds of the East India Company. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 black and white,. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 1QDB; 3JH; BGB; HBJF; HBLL; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 638.
Biography and business history of wealthy British merchant in India reveals much about the nineteenth-century Empire. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. He ran an `agency house', a global commercial firm involved in banking, the opium trade,shipping, plantation agriculture and trade with Britain, Europe, China, south east Asia and the USA. When his firm went bankrupt in 1830, thousands of people, European and Indian, were ruined, triggering the worst commercial crisis in British India up to that time. This book, the ... Read more
Biography and business history of wealthy British merchant in India reveals much about the nineteenth-century Empire. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British merchant in British India for the first three decades of the nineteenth century. He ran an `agency house', a global commercial firm involved in banking, the opium trade,shipping, plantation agriculture and trade with Britain, Europe, China, south east Asia and the USA. When his firm went bankrupt in 1830, thousands of people, European and Indian, were ruined, triggering the worst commercial crisis in British India up to that time. This book, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Boydell Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Worlds of the East India Company
Number of Pages
214
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843833031
SKU
V9781843833031
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Richest East India Merchant: The Life and Business of John Palmer of Calcutta, 1767-1836
[A] fascinating hybrid history-part personal biography, part business analysis. [...] It is in its rich evocation of the business context of early colonial Calcutta that Webster's study excels. [...] This is an illuminating, readable, and valuable study.
ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW
An important addition to the sparse literature on British commercial activities in India during the first third of ... Read more
ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW
An important addition to the sparse literature on British commercial activities in India during the first third of ... Read more