TY - BOOK AU - Kumagai,Yukihisa TI - Breaking into the monopoly: provincial merchants and manufacturers' campaigns for access to the Asian market, 1790-1833 T2 - Library of economic history SN - 9789004241770 AV - HF486.E6 K86 2012eb U1 - 382.095382.095041 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - East India Company KW - History KW - Monopolies KW - Great Britain KW - 19th century KW - Trade associations KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Exports & Imports KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Marketing KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs KW - Commerce KW - Asia N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Defending the Monopoly: The East India Company, 1790s–1830s -- Challenging the Commercial Giant: The Glasgow East India Association, 1812–1813 -- Struggling for Lucrative Trade: The Glasgow East India Association, 1829–1833 -- Aiming for the Premier Port of the Empire: The Liverpool East India Association, 1812–1813 and 1829–1833 -- Searching for New Markets: The Manchester Chamber of Commerce and Manufacturers, 1829–1833 -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - Based on a number of historical documents, Breaking into the Monopoly examines how the commercial pressure groups of Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester organised nationwide campaigns to break into the British East India Company’s monopoly for free access to Asian markets from 1812-1813 and 1829-1833. The analysis includes various aspects of the campaigners’ motives, strategies, methods, and networks, as well as their relationship with the London mercantile society in nineteenth-century Britain. The author, Yukihisa Kumagai, brings new insights to the question regarding the connection between the rapidly growing provincial mercantile and manufacturing interests and Britain’s economic and imperial policies during the Industrial Revolution UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004241770 ER -