BUSINESS OF EMPIRE: THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND IMPERIAL BRITAIN, 1756-1833.
Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
Published: 2006
Place of publication: CAMBRIDGE
Language: und; eng
Number of pages: 304
Description: "The Business of Empire assesses the domestic impact of British imperial expansion by analysing what happened in Britain following the East India Company's acquisition of 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."--Jacket.