The Business of Empire - Paperback
by H. V. Bowen
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Availability:In StockContributor:H. V. BowenTheme:Cultural Region/BritishPublish date:11/6/2008Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521089821ISBN-10:0521089824UPC:9780521089821Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Public Affairs & AdministrationBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.472Product ID:SC7TDK2SA6
This volume is the first detailed study of what happened in Britain when the East India Company acquired a vast territorial empire in South Asia. Drawing on a mass of hitherto unused material contained in the Company's administrative and financial records, the book 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. Huw Bowen profiles the company's stock holders and directors and examines how those in London adapted their methods, working practices, and policies to changing circumstances in India.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521089821ISBN-10:0521089824UPC:9780521089821Book Category:History, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, Public Affairs & AdministrationBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.472Product ID:SC7TDK2SA6
Bowen, H. V.: - 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).
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