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

"The Business of Empire assesses the domestic impact of British imperial expansion by analysing what happened in Britain following the East India Company's acquisition of a vast territorial empire in South Asia. Drawing on a mass of hitherto unused material contained in the Company's...

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Main Author: Bowen, H. V. 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2006
Edition:1. publ.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"The Business of Empire assesses the domestic impact of British imperial expansion by analysing what happened in Britain following the East India Company's acquisition of 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."--Dust jacket.
Physical Description:XIV, 304 S. graph. Darst.
ISBN:0521844770
9780521844772