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The business of empire : the East India Company and imperial Britain, 1756-1833 / H.V. Bowen

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Bowen, H. V.
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
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1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)
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English.
Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Notes on the text; Abbreviations and short titles; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Relationships: city, state, and empire; Chapter 3 Relationships: government and the Company; Chapter 4 People: investors in empire; Chapter 5 People: Company men; Chapter 6 Methods: an empire in writing; Chapter 7 Methods: the government of empire; Chapter 8 Methods: the management of trade; Chapter 9 Influences: the Company and the British economy; Afterword; Index.
Summary
The first detailed study of what happened in Britain when the East India Company acquired a vast territorial empire in South Asia. It offers a reconstruction of the inner workings of the Company as it made the remarkable transition from business to empire during the late-eighteenth century.
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ISBN
0511146604 (electronic bk.)
9780511146602 (electronic bk.)
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9780511145810
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9780511146831 (electronic bk.)
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9780511495724 (electronic bk.)
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9781107152014
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9781280347122
0511312261
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0521844770 (Cloth)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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