Business Imperialism, 1840-1930: An Inquiry Based on British Experience in Latin America
This book is a contribution to the debate on the nature of imperialism, and of economic imperialism in particular. Using a wide range of sources - business, private, press, and government - it examines a number of British business connections with Latin America and its governments before 1930, in banking, insurance, public utilities, shipping, import and export, coffee, and others. The businesses are compared and conclusions reached on the points of influence, power, and control throughout the chain which links producer to consumer, investor to contractor and entrepreneur.