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The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational /

The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But the Company's takeover of much of India was achieved by force and fraud; in China, the battering ram was opium. The...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robins, Nick
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
East India Company > History.
East India Company.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > International > Marketing.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Trade & Tariffs.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Chronology
  • The hidden wound
  • The imperious company
  • Out of the shadows
  • The Bengal Revolution
  • The Great East Indian crash
  • Regulating the company
  • Justice will be done
  • The toxic exchange
  • A skulking power
  • Unfinished business
  • Epilogue.