Description
Book SynopsisPaper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers.
Drawing on a valuable range of primary sources, this book covers the period 18611960 and examines events from the establishment of free trade backed by the gold standard to Britain's membership of the European Free Trade Association. In the field of the paper industry, the speed and intensity of the industrialisation process around the globe have been shaped by a wide variety of variables, including the surrounding institutional framework; entrepreneurial and organisational strategies; the cost and accessibility of transport; and the availability of capital, knowledge, energy resources, and technology. The supply of papermaking raw materials has also been key and has historically been the most important determinant for geo
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. The Political Economy of Raw Materials in the Global Paper Industry 1861–1960 3. The Esparto Grass Trade 4. The Pursuit of Wood Pulp 5. Bamboo for Papermaking 6. The Paper Trade and the British Empire 7. A Retrospective View of the British Paper Industry 8. Conclusions
