1st Edition
The English Chartered Trading Companies, 1688-1763 Guns, Money and Lawyers
By Michael Wagner
Copyright 2018
254 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
254 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
254 Pages
16 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies which were active during the period 1688-1763: The East India Company, the Royal African Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, The Levant Company, and the Russia Company. Using both archival and secondary sources, this monograph fills in some of the knowledge gaps concerning the less well-studied companies,... Read more
Introduction
1. Guns - Rivalry and the Pressure to Innovate
2. Money – The Companies as Financial Innovators
3. Lawyers – The Political Verdict
Conclusion
Biography
Michael Wagner teaches courses in eighteenth-century British history in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford.
