The business of empire : the East India Company and imperial Britain, 1756-1833 /

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Author / Creator:	Bowen, H. V.
Imprint:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	East India Company. East India Company. British colonies. Commerce. Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. Great Britain -- Commerce -- Asia -- History. Asia -- Commerce -- Great Britain -- History. Asia. Great Britain. Electronic books. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11813701

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ISBN:	0511146604 9780511146602 0511145810 9780511145810 0511146256 9780511146251 9780511146831 0511146833 9780511495724 0511495722 0505111462 9780505111463 0521844770 9780521844772 1107152011 9781107152014 1280347120 9781280347122 0511312261 9780511312267
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The first detailed study of what happened in Britain when the East India Company acquired a vast territorial empire in South Asia. It offers a reconstruction of the inner workings of the Company as it made the remarkable transition from business to empire during the late-eighteenth century.
Other form:	Print version: Bowen, H.V. Business of empire. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521844770

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