Hakutulokset: east india company
yhteensä 21 hakutulosta
British Traders in the East Indies, 1770-1820
An in-depth study of the British traders who extended British commercial activity beyond the area controlled by the East India Company. This book provides an in-depth analysis of …
Trade and Empire in Early Nineteenth-Century Southeast Asia
Discusses the complexities of a trading network in this period, outling commodity chains, links between colonies and colonial centres, and tensions between local polities and …
The East India Company's Maritime Service, 1746-1834
Describes the voyages of East India Company's ships to India and China in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, discussing the nature of trade and the involvement of the …
The Twilight of the East India Company
Examines how and why the East India Company was transformed from a commercial trading company to an institution of government, and then abolished. This book examines the …
Singapore, Chinese Migration and the Making of the British Empire, 1819-67
Discusses how Britain replicated the "Singapore model" - the use of imported "industrious" Chinese labour - to other parts of its empire, with varying degrees of success. The …
The Worlds of the East India Company
The first multi-disciplinary history of the English East India Company, one of the most powerful commercial companies ever to have existed. Throws light on significant aspects of …
The Richest East India Merchant
Biography and business history of wealthy British merchant in India reveals much about the nineteenth-century Empire. John Palmer was the most influential and wealthiest British …
Scottish Orientalists and India
A detailed assessment of how Western thinking about India developed in the nineteenth century, focusing on the exceptionally full lives of the scholar-administrator Muir brothers. …
The East India Company's London Workers
An assessment of how the East India Company managed the labourers in its London warehouses, which was one of the largest commercial workforces in its day. The East India Company, …
British Naval Power in the East, 1794-1805
Shows how Rainier skillfully coped with the immense difficulties of maintaining British naval power in a huge area fraught with difficult circumstances. When war broke out with …
Lascars and Indian Ocean Seafaring, 1780-1860
Cases of mutiny and other forms of protest are used to reveal full and interesting details of lascar shipboard life. Shortlisted for the Royal Historical Society's 2016 Gladstone …
British Art and the East India Company
Examines the role of the East India Company in the production and development of British art, demonstrating how art and related forms of culture were closely tied to commerce and …