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The East India Company's London workers : management of the warehouse labourers, 1800-1858
- Title
- The East India Company's London workers : management of the warehouse labourers, 1800-1858 / Margaret Makepeace.
- Author
- Makepeace, Margaret.
- Publication
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2010.
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Details
- Description
- x, 242 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Positions the English East India Company at the center of the early 19th century London economy. Analyzes the composition of the warehouse workforce and explores laborers' work experiences through case histories.
- Series Statement
- Worlds of the East India Company, 1752-5667 ; v. 5
- Uniform Title
- Worlds of the East India Company ; v. 5.
- Subject
- East India Company > Employees > History > 19th century
- East India Company > Employees > Economic conditions > 19th century
- East India Company > History > 19th century
- East India Company
- Ostindische Kompanien
- 1800 - 1899
- Warehouses > England > London > Management > History > 19th century
- Unskilled labor > England > London > History > 19th century
- Employees
- Employees > Economic conditions
- Unskilled labor
- Warehouses > Management
- Lagergebäude
- Arbeiter
- Ungelernter Arbeiter
- Management
- England > London
- London
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "This book is based on my doctoral thesis submitted to the University of Leicester in 2007"--Page [ix].
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The East India Company warehouses -- The warehouse labourers -- Management strategies : incentives, rewards and benevolence -- Management strategies : systems of internal control -- The Royal East India Volunteers : the "union of civil and military dependence" -- The relationship between the East India Company and its London warehouse labourers -- The warehouse closures -- Management of the warehouse labourers and pensioners, 1838-1858 -- Conclusion : "Good masters to the lower class of their dependents."
- Call Number
- JFE 16-3982
- ISBN
- 9781843835851
- 1843835851
- LCCN
- 2011280134
- OCLC
- 555622211
- Author
- Makepeace, Margaret.
- Title
- The East India Company's London workers : management of the warehouse labourers, 1800-1858 / Margaret Makepeace.
- Imprint
- Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2010.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Worlds of the East India Company, 1752-5667 ; v. 5Worlds of the East India Company ; v. 5.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800 - 1899
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-3982