| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
East India Company.
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East India Company. |
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East India Company London. |
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia.
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Great Britain. |
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Colonies. |
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Asia. |
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Great Britain -- Commerce -- Asia -- History.
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Commerce. |
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History. |
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Asia -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bowen, H.V. Business of empire. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521844770 (DLC) 2006296159 (OCoLC)61757111 |
| ISBN |
0511146604 (electronic book) |
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9780511146602 (electronic book) |
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0511145810 |
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9780511145810 |
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0511146256 |
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9780511146251 |
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9780511146831 (electronic book) |
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0511146833 (electronic book) |
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9780511495724 (electronic book) |
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0511495722 (electronic book) |
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0521844770 (Cloth) |
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9780521844772 |
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