CONDITION USED LIKE NEW , THE EAST INDIA COMPANY , TRADE AND CONQUEST FROM 1600, HARDCOVER, 1999

The East India Company describes how the Company created and built up its extraordinary trading empire, how it conducted its day-to-day business at home and in the East, and the sequence of events that led to its eventual absorption by the British Crown. The story is broadly chronological, but also focuses on particular subjects and areas – ships and travel, wars, the Company in London, the opium trade, the Mutiny (India’s First War of Independence), the ‘Piece Trade’ and the daily life of the rulers amongst the ruled.” “The largest multinational business that the world has ever seen, the East India Company has played a crucial role in the development of the world as we know it and its history is woven into the very fabric of British society and culture.

The East India Company has played a crucial role in the development of the world as we know it and is key to the very fabric of British society and culture. In the year 2,000, a major exhibition at the British Library celebrates the 400th anniversary of the birth of this unique institution.

Established by Royal Charter in 1600, the East India Company quickly came to control over half the world’s trade and a quarter of its population. It ruled India, raised its own army and navy, minted its own currency and traded with every corner of the globe.

The structure of the book will be broadly chronological, but also focus on particular subjects and incidents – tea, silks, jewellery, cashmere, spices, ships and navigation, battles, communication routes, the opium trade, the English gentleman abroad, India’s First War of Independence, etc.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins Illustrated (1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0004140540
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780004140544