A business of state: commerce, politics, and the birth of the East India Company

A Business of State reveals how the English state took an active role in the creation and functioning of the East India Company in the early years of its existence, and, reciprocally, how institutions like the Company helped create the early Stuart state. To understand how the Company operated, the...

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1. Verfasser: Mishra, Rupali 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England Harvard University Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Harvard historical studies 188
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Online-Zugang:rezensiert in: Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung (ZHF), 47 (2020), 2, S. 331-333
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Zusammenfassung:A Business of State reveals how the English state took an active role in the creation and functioning of the East India Company in the early years of its existence, and, reciprocally, how institutions like the Company helped create the early Stuart state. To understand how the Company operated, the author delves into the political life of the body as well as constructing a richly detailed account of the interactions between the Company and the regime. Viewing politics and political engagement through the lens of the Company exposes a version of the English polity in which Company members regularly appeared before the monarch and privy council, saw themselves as active agents in government, and used the tools of public appeal to sway both Company and state policies. In return, monarch and privy council promoted and protected the Company, depended on Company expertise and resources, and shaped state policy objectives in response to Company needs and requirements....
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:vii, 412 Seiten
ISBN:9780674984561

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