Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Twilight of the East India CompanyCondition: NewSubtitle: The Evolution of Anglo-Asian Commerce and Politics, 1790-1860ISBN-10: 1843838222EAN: 9781843838227ISBN: 9781843838227Publisher: The Boydell PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/21/2013Description: Examines how and why the East India Company was transformed from a commercial trading company to an institution of government, and then abolished.This book examines the development of British commercial, financial and political relations with India and the Far East during the final period of the East India Company's reign as the sovereign power in India. This was a most turbulent period for British commerce with India. The period began with the renewal of the East India Company's Charter and its component monopolies of trade with India and China, but this was quickly followed by the outbreak of theNapoleonic Wars, which spread to the east and saw the completion of Britain's assertion of power over India and much of Southeast Asia. However, the war also strengthened those political forces in Britain campaigning against the Company's monopolies of trade with India and China, which were consequently abolished under the Charter Acts of 1813 and 1833. The spectacular growth of the British economy following industrialisation brought new forces to bear upon India, with the rise of manufactured exports to the east. But the course of commercial relations did not run smoothly, and economic crises in Britain and India in 1833 and 1848 swept away commercial firms in both countries, andcaused severe economic retrenchments. This instability severely hampered efforts to facilitate the export of capital to India during the first half of the century. Finally the rebellion of 1857 spelt the death knell for the Company, and ushered in a new phase of Anglo-Indian economic relations, in which British foreign investment grew substantially. Anthony Webster is Programme Leader - History, in the Department of Humanities and Social Scienceat Liverpool John Moores University.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: Anthony WebsterGenre: HistoryBook Series: Worlds of the East India CompanyItem Weight: 328gTopic: Business & FinanceRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The Twilight of the East India Company
Title: The Twilight of the East India Company
Subtitle: The Evolution of Anglo-Asian Commerce and Politics, 1790-1860
ISBN-10: 1843838222
EAN: 9781843838227
ISBN: 9781843838227
Release Date: 03/21/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Topic: Business & Finance
Number of Pages: 216 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Twilight of the East India Company : the Evolution of Anglo-Asian Commerce and Politics, 1790-1860
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Subject: Asia / General, International Relations / General, Commerce, Modern / 19th Century, Corporate & Business History
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 11.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Anthony Webster
Item Width: 6.1 in
Series: Worlds of the East India Company Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
