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Klappentext This book offers a comprehensive history of the English East India Company during the century 1660 1760. Zusammenfassung The main contribution of the work is to offer a comprehensive history of the English East India Company during the century 1660–1760. It also examines the commercial economy of the Asian countries in which the Company traded and its political relations with Asian princes. Finally, it is a study of business and economic decision-making under pre-modern conditions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables; Figures; Maps; Abbreviations; Notes on dates, contemporaneous spellings, currency and weights; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The international economy and the East India trade; 2. A formal theoretical model of the East India Company's trade; 3. The structure of early trade and the pattern of commercial settlements in Asia; 4. The evolution of the Company's trading system: operation and policy 1660-1760; 5. Long-term trends and fluctuations 1660-1760; 6. Politics of trade; 7. Markets, merchants and the Company; 8. The export of treasure and the monetary system; 9. The structure of country trade in Asia; 10. Export of European commodities; 11. The Company and the Indian textile industry; 12. The Company's trade in textiles; 13. Pepper; 14. Import of bulk goods; 15. Raw silk; 16. Coffee; 17. Imports from China; 18. Financial results; 19. Conclusion; Appendix 1. Notes on the statistical tables of the East India Company's trade; Appendix 2. Time-series analysis of the East India Company's exports and imports; Appendix 3. The econometric estimation of the trading model; 4. The grouped list and the glossary of Indian textile types; 5. The statistical tables of the Company's trade; General glossary; Bibliography; Short titles cited in the reference notes; Notes; Index.
