Business of Empire - POD TITLE

Informationen zum Autor H. V. Bowen is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester. His previous books include Elites, Enterprise, and the Making of the Briish Overseas Empire, 1688–1775 (1996); and War and British Society, 1688–1815 (1998). Klappentext Study of the impact in Britain when the East India Company acquired a South Asian 'empire' . Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Relationships: city, state, and empire; 3. Relationships: government and Company; 4. People: investors in empire; 5. People: company men; 6. Methods: an empire in writing; 7. Methods: the government of empire; 8. Methods: the management of trade; 9. Influences: the Company and the British economy; Afterword.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: H. V. Bowen, Bowen H. V.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521089821
• ISBN: 978-0-521-08982-1
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Serie: Print On Demand; Print on Demand
• Categorie: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), C 1700 To C 1800, HISTORY / Asia / South / General