The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756-1833 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521844772)

This volume is the first detailed study of what happened in Britain when the East India Company acquired a vast territorial empire in South Asia. Drawing on a mass of hitherto unused material contained in the Company's administrative and financial records, the book offers a reconstruction of the inner workings of the Company as it made the remarkable transition from business to empire during the late-eighteenth century. Huw Bowen profiles the company's stock holders and directors and examines how those in London adapted their methods, working practices, and policies to changing circumstances in India.

Author: H. V. Bowen
ISBN-10: 0521844770
ISBN-13: 9780521844772
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 12/22/2005
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.44h x 6.04w x 0.98d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2006 pg. 529