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The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational
Robins, Nick
London : Pluto Press ; 2012
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Established in 1600, its trading empire encircled the globe, creating a lifestyle revolution. The Company's practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today. This book explores the Company's enduring global legacy. It investigates how the Company's spectacular rise and fall were driven by the four forces of finance, technology, monopoly and regulation
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Author: | Robins, Nick |
| Subject: |
East India Company International business enterprises International trade |
| Publication Year: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | London : Pluto Press ; 2012 |
| ISBN: | 9780745331959 0745331955 |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-250) and index Chronology -- The hidden wound -- The imperious company -- Out of the shadows -- The Bengal Revolution -- The Great East Indian crash -- Regulating the company -- Justice will be done -- The toxic exchange -- A skulking power -- Unfinished business -- Epilogue |
| Course: |
HIST220 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (5/F) | 954.031 ROB 2012 | Available |