Trade in the Eastern Seas, 1793-1813 [Hardcover]

C. Northcote Parkinson (Author)

Book Description

| Publication Date: 1937 | Edition: 1st

This 1937 work is framed as a maritime history as distinct from an economic history, and was highly acclaimed on first publication. Parkinson's focus is the activities of the East India Company in India and the East Indies between 1793 and 1815. Although a scholarly work, firmly founded on primary sources, it presents a potentially dry subject in a vivid and lively way which is extremely readable. Rather than narrating the history of the East India Company, Parkinson provides a series of descriptions of how it operated, the goods it traded, and the experiences of employees or passengers who sailed east. He reminds the modern reader of how fundamental the prevailing winds were to the trade routes, and the great discomforts of long sea voyages. This is a fascinating story of the realities of British economic involvement in India and the Far East during a key period of consolidation.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

First published in 1937, this book gives a vivid and fascinating view of economic history from the maritime perspective. Rather than concentrating on statistics, Parkinson describes how the East India Company operated at this key period, what goods were traded, and what travellers experienced en route to India and beyond. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 435 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (1937)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000858Y00
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,795,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)