The business of empire : the East India Company and imperial Britain, 1756-1833 /

The business of empire : the East India Company and imperial Britain, 1756-1833 /

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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.

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Main Author:	Bowen, H. V.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	East India Company. Great Britain > Colonies > Asia. Great Britain > Commerce > Asia > History. Asia > Commerce > Great Britain > History. History.
Online Access:	CONNECT CONNECT

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