Between monopoly and free trade: the English East India Company, 1600-1757
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1. Verfasser: Erikson, Emily (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton University Press [2014]
Schriftenreihe:Princeton analytical sociology series
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Beschreibung: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 interests while in the firm's employ. Exploring trade network dynamics, decision-making processes, and ports and organizational context, Emily Erikson demonstrates why the English East India Company was a dominant force in the expansion of trade between Europe and Asia, and she sheds light on the
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-229) and index
Introduction -- - Merchant capitalism and the great transition -- - The European trade with the East Indies -- - Social networks and the East Indiaman -- - Decentralization, corruption, and market structure -- - The Eastern ports -- - Eastern institutions and the English trade -- - Conclusions
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 252 pages)
ISBN:9781400850334
1400850339
9780691159065
0691159068

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