This book brings together for the first time more than half a dozen proposals, including several which have never been studied before, to show how thinkers on empire drew on monetary thought and banking theory to address the financial, political and constitutional challenges of empire in the...

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 Early life and activities of Frederick Huth, founder of the company, c.1777-1822 -- chapter 2 Expansion of the firm during the 1820s–1830s and the South American branches -- chapter 3 Huth & Co.'s Spanish and German connections during the 1820s–1840s --...

Introduction -- The Political Economy of Raw Materials in the Global Paper Industry 1861-1960 -- The Esparto Grass Trade -- The Pursuit of Wood Pulp -- Bamboo for Papermaking -- The Paper Trade and the British Empire -- A Retrospective View of the British Paper Industry -- Conclusions.