The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756–1833 - Hardcover

Bowen, H. V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521844770 ISBN 13: 9780521844772

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This volume is the first detailed study of what happened in Britain when the East India Company acquired 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. Huw Bowen profiles the company's stock holders and directors and examines how those in London adapted their methods, working practices, and policies to changing circumstances in India.

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Book Description:

The book provides 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. Huw Bowen explores the Company's interactions with the domestic economy and society, and sheds new light on its contributions to the development of Britain's imperial state. This book will appeal to all those interested in imperial, economic and business history.

About the Author:

H. V. Bowen is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Leicester. His previous books include Elites, Enterprise, and the Making of the Briish Overseas Empire, 1688-1775 (1996); and War and British Society, 1688-1815 (1998).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521844770
• ISBN 13: 9780521844772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320