Two Centuries of Overseas Trading: The Origins and Growth of the Inchcape Group

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Introduction: The Early Pioneers, from the Eighteenth Century to c. 1870....Pages 1-36
An Entrepreneur par excellence: The First Lord Inchcape and the Growth of the Companies in India and at Home, c.1870–1939....Pages 37-78
Shipping and Trading in the Persian Gulf: Gray Paul & Co. and Gray Mackenzie & Co., c.1870–1939....Pages 79-110
A British Merchant Partnership in East Africa: Smith, Mackenzie & Co., 1877–1939....Pages 111-138
Maritime Enterprise in Australia: the Australasian United Steam Navigation Company [AUSN Co.] and Macdonald Hamilton & Co., 1887–1939....Pages 139-158
Trade in the Far East: Companies in Hong Kong, China and Japan, c1870–1939....Pages 159-194
Merchants in the South China Seas: The Borneo Company Limited and the Anglo-Thai Corporation, c.1870 to 1939....Pages 195-219
Conflict and Profit: The Companies in the Second World War, 1939–45....Pages 221-239
Response to a Changing World: The Formation of the Inchcape Group of Companies, 1945–58....Pages 241-253
Acquisitions and Consolidation: The Inchcape Group, 1958–84....Pages 255-290
Conclusion....Pages 291-294
Back Matter....Pages 295-328