The Twilight of the East India Company - The Evolution of Anglo-Asian Commerce and Politics, 1790-1860

An overview of British commercial, financial and political relations with India and the Far East from 1790 to 1860, showing how the changing nature of trade and political lobbying took the East India Company from commercial company to the mechanism of British rule in India, and subsequently to its abolition.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Webster
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 488 g
• Series: Worlds of the East India Compa
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy