The Company-State
Download or Read eBook The Company-State PDF written by Philip J. Stern and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Philip J. Stern |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 315 |
| Release | : 2012-11-29 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780199930364 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0199930368 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Company-State by : Philip J. Stern
Book excerpt: The Company-State offers a political and intellectual history of the English East India Company in the century before its acquisition of territorial power. It argues the Company was no mere merchant, but a form of early modern, colonial state and sovereign that laid the foundations for the British Empire in India.
