East India Company V4

<p>First published in 2004. The purpose of this reference work is to offer a range of materials covering the history of the East India Company during the two and a half centuries of its existence. Volume IV, entitled <i>Trade, Finance and Power, </i>considers the Company''s exercise of power in relation to a number of economic issues, and covers not only its official trade, but the entrepreneurial activities of private individuals operating under Company licence.</p>