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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“Bowen's important argument in attractive prose belongs in all academic libraries.... Highly recommended.” -- Choice
"The Business of Empireprovides a rich and fascinating exploration of what H.V. Bowen modestly describes as the 'internal history' of the East India Company...The book offers a wealth of insights."
Douglas M. Peers, The International History Review
"...his approach is unprecedented and much needed...an excellent starting point from which others can explore these topics." --Woodruff D. Smith, University of Massachusetts: Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"...a highly accessible and yet rigorously scholarly study..." -Michael H. Fisher, Histoire sociale
"The Business of Empireprovides a rich and fascinating exploration of what H.V. Bowen modestly describes as the 'internal history' of the East India Company...The book offers a wealth of insights."
Douglas M. Peers, The International History Review
"...his approach is unprecedented and much needed...an excellent starting point from which others can explore these topics." --Woodruff D. Smith, University of Massachusetts: Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"...a highly accessible and yet rigorously scholarly study..." -Michael H. Fisher, Histoire sociale
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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.
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In the half-century after 1756 Britain established a large territorial empire in South Asia, and by the beginning of the nineteenth century many contemporaries considered India to have become the richest jewel in the imperial crown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East India Company, General Court, Court of Directors, Board of Control, British India, Charles Grant, House of Commons, East Indies, Henry Dundas, Bank of England, Great Britain, Lord North, Regulating Act, Charter Act, Warren Hastings, Bengal Council, Company's Indian, Laurence Sulivan, Secret Committee, Leadenhall Street, Peter Auber, The Times, Charles Lamb, City of London, Holden Furber New!
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In the half-century after 1756 Britain established a large territorial empire in South Asia, and by the beginning of the nineteenth century many contemporaries considered India to have become the richest jewel in the imperial crown. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
East India Company, General Court, Court of Directors, Board of Control, British India, Charles Grant, House of Commons, East Indies, Henry Dundas, Bank of England, Great Britain, Lord North, Regulating Act, Charter Act, Warren Hastings, Bengal Council, Company's Indian, Laurence Sulivan, Secret Committee, Leadenhall Street, Peter Auber, The Times, Charles Lamb, City of London, Holden Furber New!
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