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How do the ‘Merchants of the Raj’ — of yesterday and today — sum up what the managing-agency system achieved? There is an overall feeling that the success and value of the system depends on the context of the time-period concerned. Most feel that in their heyday, the managing agents played an important role, but few regret their passing, especially by the fourth quarter of the twentieth century.
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Jones, S. (1992). Conclusions. In: Merchants of the Raj. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12538-8_9
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