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...

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