1st Edition

East India Company , The A History

By Philip Lawson Copyright 1993
    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    200 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Chapter 1 England and the East in the Sixteenth Century; Chapter 2 The Formative Years: 1600–60; Chapter 3 The Restoration of the Company and its Trade: 1660–1709; Chapter 4 The Company’s Expanding Universe: 1709–48; Chapter 5 From Trading Company To Political Power: 1748–63; Chapter 6 The Fall From Grace: 1763–84; Chapter 7 The Company Set Adrift: 1784–1813; Chapter 8 The Lull and the Storm: 1813–57;

    Biography

    Philip Lawson