Company Politics - Commerce, Scandal, French Visions of Indian Empire in Revolutionary

Focusing on the little-known French East India Company, Company Politics explores corporate politics, financial scandals, and rival empires, shedding light on both the rise of European rule in India and the origins and economic consequences of the French Revolution.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Timeline of the Compagnies des Indes


• Introduction


• Chapter 1 The Company's Two Bodies


• Chapter 2 The Revolution of India


• Chapter 3 Diplomatic Intentions


• Chapter 4 Between the Colossus and the Tiger


• Chapter 5 Discredit


• Chapter 6 Revolutionary Regeneration


• Chapter 7 Notes on a Scandal


• Conclusion


• Appendix


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Elizabeth Cross is Assistant Professor of History at Georgetown University.

Summary

Focusing on the little-known French East India Company, Company Politics explores corporate politics, financial scandals, and rival empires, shedding light on both the rise of European rule in India and the origins and economic consequences of the French Revolution.

Additional text

In this fine-grained study, Cross (Georgetown Univ.) provides a valuable addition to understanding the complexities and forces that shaped the Compagnie des Indes,...readers gain insight into how European politics played out in India and, conversely, how imperialist efforts in India reverberated through Europe and impacted events that shaped the modern world.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Cross, Elizabeth (Assistant Professor of History Cross
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.07.2023
• EAN: 9780197653753
• ISBN: 978-0-19-765375-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, History of specific companies / corporate history, c 1789 to c 1799 (French Revolutionary period), C 1700 To C 1800