Review of the Financial Situation of the East India Company in 1824

Klappentext First published in 1825 and written by a financially acute administrator, this detailed report assesses the East India Company's profitability. Zusammenfassung Henry St George Tucker (1772-1851), who became a director of the East India Company, prepared this report following a claim by a French economist that the British possession of India was a burden to the mother country. First published in 1825, this work offers insights into the profitability of colonialism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Dedication; Advertisement; Introductory observations; 1. Territorial revenue of British India; 2. Sources of the revenue of India; 3. Land revenue of India; 4. Financial and commercial situation of the East India Company; Appendix.

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• Authors: Henry St George Tucker, Henry St. George Tucker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.12.2012
• EAN: 9781108046435
• ISBN: 978-1-108-04643-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General