This is the first short history of the East India Company from its founding in 1600 to its demise in 1857, designed for students and academics. The Company was central to the growth of the British Empire in India, to the development of overseas trade, and to the rise of shareholder capitalism, so this survey will be essential reading for imperial and economic historians and historians of Asia alike. It stresses the neglected early years of the Company, and its intimate relationship with (and impact upon) the domestic British scene.
| ISBN | 0582073855 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780582073852
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 241 | | Publisher | Pearson Education Limited | | Published in | Harlow | | Imprint | Longman | | Series editor | Morrill, John, Cannadine, David | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Studies in Modern History | | Publication date | 06 Sep 1993 | | Previous ISBN | 9780582073869 | | Library of Congress | DS465.L38 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | DEWEY | 382.0941054 | | Width (mm) | 140 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | Spine width (mm) | 10 | | Pages | 202 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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Preface. 1. England and the East in the sixteenth Century. 2. The Formative Years. 3. The Restoration of the Company and its Trade, 1660-1709. 4. The Company's Expanding University 1709-1763. 5. From Trading Company to Political Power, 1748-1763.6. The Fall from Grace, 1763-1784. 7. The Company Set Adrift, 1784-1813. 8. The Lull and the Storm, 1813-1857. Postscript. Bibliography.
'xxx;a straightforward and clear narrativexxx;Lawson has provided both an accurate guide to the main debates and a means of pursuing the subject further through more detailed reading. The Times Literary Supplement
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