Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Translations and Abbreviations -- General Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- 1 'We may join together faithfully to raiseour fortunes': 1 Britain's economic climate and the formation of the partnership in 1883 -- 2 'An English...

1. 'We may join together faithfully to raise our fortunes' : Britain's economic climate and the formation of the partnership in 1883 -- 2. 'An English company, of English registration' : the organisational form and financing of the foreign enterprise -- 3. 'To embark their energies in a part of...