Offers an account of the forerunner of the modern multinational: the British East India Company (1600-1874). This book shows how the East India Company pioneered the model of the corporation that we see in modern times. It also articulates that the Company's legacy shows how essential it is to...

A Business of State reveals how the English state took an active role in the creation and functioning of the East India Company in the early years of its existence, and, reciprocally, how institutions like the Company helped create the early Stuart state. To understand how the Company operated,...

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Hidden Wound -- 2.This Imperious Company -- 3.Out of the Shadows -- 4.The Bengal Revolution -- 5.The Great East Indian Crash -- 6.Regulating the Company -- 7.Justice Will be Done -- 8.The Toxic Exchange -- 9.A Skulking Power -- 10.Unfinished Business