Paper and the British EmpireThe Quest for Imperial Raw Materials, 18611960\nAuthor(s): Timo Srkk\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367341565, 978-0367341565\nSynopsis\nPaper and the British Empire examines the evolution of the paper industry within British organisational frameworks and highlights the role of the Empire as a market and business-making area in a world of shrinking commerce and rising trade barriers.\n\nDrawing on a valuable range of primary sources, this book covers the period [tel] and examines events from the establishment of free trade backed by the gold standard to Britains membership of the European Free Trade Association. In the field of the paper industry, the speed and intensity of the industrialisation process around the globe have been shaped by a wide variety of variables, including the surrounding institutional framework; entrepreneurial and organisational strategies; the cost and access.