Acquiring Markets – The Opportunities of Empire

Abstract

This chapter explores the identification of opportunities in the imperial context. It begins by examining the market with regard to the design capability of British industry, and how establishing relationships became a conduit for communication. It also examines the nature of the communication between and within the British industrial-economic context and the colonial context and considers three thematic areas, each of which contributes to the process of identification: the maturity of technology, colonial opportunities and restrictions and, lastly, ownership structures and partnerships, including the ethical dimensions to these.