Biography and business history of wealthy British merchant in India reveals much about the nineteenth-century Empire.
Preface
The World of John Palmer
The Prince of Merchants
The Management of Palmer and Co.: Strategies, Structures and Problems
Parenthood and Patronage: Race, Kinship, Society and Anglo-Indian Business Culture
John Palmer and the Politics of the East India Company
Ruin and Failure 1820-1830
John Palmer's Life and Legacy
Appendices
Index