LEADER 02676nam 2200409 450 001 9910164861003321 005 20230809222736.0 010 $a1-62466-598-5 010 $z1-62466-596-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000001064689 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4805345 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001064689 100 $a20170303h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe East India Company, 1600/1858 $ea short history with documents /$fIan Barrow 210 1$aIndianapolis, Indiana ;$aCambridge, [England] :$cHackett Publishing Company, Inc.,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 0 $aPassages: Key Moments in History 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgments -- Chronology -- Glossary -- List of Maps -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE: The Seventeenth Century -- CHAPTER TWO: The Eighteenth Century -- CHAPTER THREE: The Nineteenth Century -- Conclusion -- Documents -- Select Bibliography -- Index 330 $aIn existence for 258 years, the English East India Company ran a complex, highly integrated global trading network. It supplied the tea for the Boston Tea Party, the cotton textiles used to purchase slaves in Africa, and the opium for China's nineteenth-century addiction. In India it expanded from a few small coastal settlements to govern territories that far exceeded the British Isles in extent and population. It minted coins in its name, established law courts and prisons, and prosecuted wars with one of the world's largest armies. Over time, the Company developed a pronounced and aggressive colonialism that laid the foundation for Britain's Eastern empire. A study of the Company, therefore, is a study of the rise of the modern world. In clear, engaging prose, Ian Barrow sets the rise and fall of the Company into political, economic, and cultural contexts and explains how and why the Company was transformed from a maritime trading entity into a territorial colonial state. Excerpts from eighteen primary documents illustrate the main themes and ideas discussed in the text. Maps, illustrations, a glossary, and a chronology are also included. 606 $aBritish$zIndia$xHistory$vSources 615 0$aBritish$xHistory 676 $a382.0941/05 700 $aBarrow$b Ian J.$01246924 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910164861003321 996 $aThe East India Company, 1600$92890937 997 $aUNINA