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Private Fortunes and Company Profits in the India Trade in the 18th Century (Variorum Collected Studies)
SKU: 9781138745162
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Explore 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.
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