The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108483957)

This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural interactions between servants of the English East India Company and the Asian communities and states they came into contact with, revealing how it was this integration of Europeans into non-European economies, states and societies which was central to British imperial and commercial success rather than national or mercantilist enterprise. As their servants skilfully adapted to this rich and complex environment, the East India Company became enfranchised by the eighteenth century with a breadth of privileges and rights - from governing sprawling metropolises to trading customs-free. In emphasising the Asian genesis of the British Empire, this book sheds new light on the foreign frameworks of power which fuelled the expansion of Global Britain in the early modern world.

Author: David Veevers
ISBN-10: 110848395X
ISBN-13: 9781108483957
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/11/2020
Pages: 318
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d