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Private Fortunes and Company Profits in the India Trade in the 18th Century
0₹17,110.00Explore the intricate economic landscape of 18th-century India. This seminal work reveals how private ventures, particularly the vibrant ‘country trade’ across Asian ports, built private fortunes and boosted company profits for the East India Company. Delve into how individual entrepreneurs, using extensive archival sources from Britain, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia, played a crucial role in British expansion and power in India. Essential for students of economic history, colonial India, and South Asian studies, this book offers deep insights into the foundations of the era’s India trade and its global connections.
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Private Fortunes and Company Profits in the India Trade in the 18th Century (Variorum Collected Studies)
0₹1,195.00Explore the fascinating dual forces shaping 18th-century India trade: company profits and private fortunes. This seminal work uncovers how individual entrepreneurs leveraged their positions within the East India Company to amass wealth, driving European expansion and British power in India. Using diverse archival evidence, it vividly details the ‘country trade’ and multinational investments that underpinned the era’s economic landscape. A crucial read for historians, students of Indian history, and anyone fascinated by the complex interplay of commerce and colonial development in India.
