The East India Company Founded at the dawn of the seventeenth century as European nations were establishing global empires; the English East India Company would become a vital part of burgeoning British supremacy. Begun as a joint-stock company for trade with the East Indies; this organization would evolve into one of the world’s first capitalistic corporations. Inside you will read about... - The English in the Atlantic Era and the Founding of the East India Company - The 17th Century: Struggling; Building; and Growing with Violence - The East India Company Enters the 18th Century - The British Government Steps In - China and the Opium Trade - Growing British Involvement in the 19th Century - The End of the East India Company And much more! Over the course of their 250+ years; the East India Company had built a global trading empire; raised an army and waged war; and conquered vast territory; including the entire subcontinent of India. Without their involvement; the British presence in India would look very different in the historical record. Though the company was dissolved by 1874; their influence on world history cannot be overstated.
2016-11-21Original language:English 9.00 x .16 x 6.00l; #File Name: 151905891864 pages
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