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Egyptian textiles and British capital, 1930-1956

Title
Egyptian textiles and British capital, 1930-1956 / Robert L. Tignor.
Author
Tignor, Robert L.
Publication
Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, ©1989.

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Description
viii, 157 pages; 23 cm
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Geschichte 1930-1956
  • Textile industry > Egypt > Finance > History > 20th century
  • Cotton textile industry > Egypt > Finance > History > 20th century
  • Investments, British > Egypt > History > 20th century
  • Egypt
  • Great Britain
  • foreign investments
  • textile industry
  • Cotton textile industry > Finance
  • Investments, British
  • Textile industry > Finance
  • Multinationales Unternehmen
  • Textilindustrie
  • Textielindustrie
  • Buitenlandse investeringen
  • Textile industry > Egypt
  • Economic assistance, British > Egypt
  • Egypt
  • Großbritannien
  • Ägypten
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152).
Contents
One : introduction -- Background to the Egyptian textile industry -- Two : British financial intervention in Egyptian textiles -- The Calico-filature affiliation -- The Bradford-Misr affiliation -- The partnerships begin -- Three : textile development 1940-1956 -- Wartime textile development -- Postwar textile expansion and difficulties -- The British firms at home and in Egypt -- Four : foreign capital in Egypt in 1956 -- The loosely administered companies -- The tightly controlled companies -- Some conclusions.
ISBN
  • 9789774241864
  • 977424186X
  • 977424186X (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
90135015
OCLC
  • ocm21060798
  • 21060798
  • SCSB-1749570
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library