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The East India Company`s London Workers - Management of the Warehouse Labourers, 1800-1858 by Margaret Makepeace

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An assessment of how the East India Company managed the labourers in its London warehouses, which was one of the largest commercial workforces in its day. The East India Company, which was by 1800 a commercial organisation of unrivalled size and complexity managing a vast empire in Asia, also played a crucial role in the British economy, particularly in London, where the Company wasthe largest employer of civilian labour in the early nineteenth century, with thousands of workmen in its metropolitan warehouses. This book provides a detailed examination of the management strategies used by the Company to control its London warehouse labourers and to maintain acceptable levels of commercial and corporate efficiency. It shows how benevolence formed an integral part of the Company's domestic business practices, with discipline, punishment, regulation and restriction counterbalanced by incentives, rewards and paternalistic practices, such as fair and regular wages, pensions, a comprehensive welfare scheme, free medical treatment and an in-house savings bank. The book also outlines how, when the Charter Act of 1833 brought about the closure of the vast majority of the Company's London warehouses, the directors instigated a pioneering redundancy compensation scheme for the labourers. MARGARET MAKEPEACE is a Senior Archivist in the India Office Records at the British Library.
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A richly textured history from below. * VICTORIAN STUDIES REVIEW *
Makepeace writes well and her account of an easy to overlook aspect of imperialism should be known to readers of this Newsletter. Boydell Press has produced a well-crafted volume that is a fine example of the publisher's art. * BLACK & ASIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER *
(reviewed together with East India Company's Maritime Service) These are deeply, intensively researched books rich in detail. * ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW *
This is an impressive book, impeccably researched and engagingly written. [...] It was a pleasure to read. * ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW *



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ISBN 9781843835851
Author Margaret Makepeace
Format Hardback
Page Count 254
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g

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