Between monopoly and free trade : the English East India Company, 1600-1757 /
The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. Between Monopoly and Free Trade locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial int...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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Series: | Princeton analytical sociology series.
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Merchant Capitalism and the Great Transition; 3. The European Trade with the East Indies; 4. Social Networks and the East Indiaman; 5. Decentralization, Corruption, and Market Structure; 6. The Eastern Ports; 7. Eastern Institutions and the English Trade; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.