Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Landscapes of EmpireBased on fascinating primary research in India, England, and Scotland, this book represents a new departure in the writing of imperial history. JUTE AND EMPIRE follows the intriguing story of the rivalry between Calcutta, India, and Dundee, Scotland, from the 1830s to the 1950, as these two cities competed in the world jute trade. |
Contents
Number of jute looms by country 1940 page | 16 |
The rise of jute 18381928 | 38 |
Exports of raw jute from Bengal 189091 72 | 40 |
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Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire Gordon Thomas Stewart No preview available - 1998 |
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Alexander Murray Anderson Association Bengal Chamber Benthall Papers Benthall's Bird's Birkmyre Birla Board of Trade Britain British businessmen Calcutta industry Calcutta jute mills Calcutta mills cent Chakrabarty Chamber of Commerce cheap Colonial Committee Company cotton crisis CSAC cultural cutta debate December Delhi Dundee and Calcutta Dundee Chamber Dundee industry Dundee jute Dundee's E.C. Benthall economic empire Eugenie Fraser European expatriate export factories Fraser George Lyall Goswami Government of Bengal Government of India Hooghly Horsbrugh ibid IJMA IJMA mills IJMA's imperial imports Indian jute Indian mills jute community jute industry jute manufacturers jute mills jute trade jute wallahs jute's labour London managers markets Marwari meeting ment mill-owners MSS.EUR officials peasants political position profits R.N. Gilchrist raw jute Report role ryots Scottish Secretary short-time agreements Sime social Speech St Andrew's Day Statesman tariffs Textile Thomas Duff tion United Kingdom WBSA workers