First published in 2004. The purpose of this reference work is to offer a range of materials covering the history of the East India Company during the two and a half centuries of its existence. Volume 6 includes C. H. Philips' The East India Company, 1784-1834, a classic study first published in 1940, examines the final struggle between the directors of the East India Company and home governments in Britain for ascendancy over management of the company as a state in India.
I THE EAST INDIA HOUSE, 1784-1834 II THE OPPOSITION OF THE INDIAN INTEREST, 1784-88 III THE ASCENDANCY OF DUNDAS, 1788-94 IV THE REVOLT OF THE SHIPPING INTEREST, 1794-1802 V THE TRIUMPH OF THE SHIPPING INTEREST, 1802-06 VI THE INDIA HOUSE DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF, 1806-12 VII BUCKINGHAMSHIRE VERSUS THE INDIA HOUSE, 1812-16 VIII CANNING'S EAST INDIA POLICY, 1816-22 IX THE FAILURE OF THE PRIVATE TRADE INTEREST, Ie22-30 X THE COMPANY'S SURRENDER, 1830-34 XI CONCLUDING REMARKS, I LISTS OF EAST INDIA INTERESTS IN PARLIAMENT, 1780-1834 II LIST OF DIRECTORS, 1784-1833 III LIST OF PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL, 1784-1834; LIST OF CHAIRMEN AND DEPUTY CHAIRMEN OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, 1783-1834; SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL, 1784-1834; SECRETARIES OF THE EAST INDIA CoMPANY, 1784-1834; EXAMINERS AND ASSISTANT EXAMINERS AT THE EAST INDIA HOUSE, 1784-1834 IV ALPHABETICAL LIST OF EAST INDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, 1780-1834
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Patrick Truck
