num_pages: 320
description: This volume is the first detailed study of what happened in Britain when the East India Company acquired a vast territorial empire in South Asia. Drawing on a mass of hitherto unused material contained in the Company's administrative and financial records, the book 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. Huw Bowen profiles the company's stock holders and directors and examines how those in London adapted their methods, working practices, and policies to changing circumstances in India.
language: English
title: The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756 - 1833
titlecomplete: The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756 - 1833
genres: British Literature, Economics, India, History
ratings_count: 9
places: British Empire
publisher: Cambridge University Press