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CONTENTS

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PREFACE

GENERAL EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION: FLAGSHIPSOF IMPERIALISM

1 ‘A large capital and great arrangements’: P&O to 1840

2 Full steam ahead: west and east of Suez, 1840–45

3 From India to China: P&O and the opium trade, 1845–57

4 Competition and the route to Australia, 1847–52

5 Views from the boardroom, 1840–55

6 Nuts, bolts and money, 1843–65

7 Crisis and rescue, 1853–67

AFTERWORD: Sarah Palmer

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX