The origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750
"This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural interactions between servants of the English East India Company and the Asian communities and states they came into contact with, revealing how it was this integration of Europeans into non-European economies, states and societies which was central to British imperial and commercial success rather than national or mercantilist enterprise. As their servants skilfully adapted to this rich and complex environment, the East India Company became enfranchised by the eighteenth century with a breadth of privileges and rights - from governing sprawling metropolises to trading customs-free. In emphasising the Asian genesis of the British Empire, this book sheds new light on the foreign frameworks of power which fuelled the expansion of Global Britain in the early modern world"--
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Author: | Veevers, David, |
| Subject: |
East India Company Corporations, British British |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, 2022. |
| ISBN: | 9781108705646 1108705642 |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-285) and index. Chapter 1. The Failure of an English Enterprise -- Chapter 2. Madras and the Reconstitution of the Company -- Chapter 3. The Success of an Anglo-Asian Enterprise -- Chapter 4. Searching for Legitimacy in Mughal Bengal -- Chapter 5. War, Negotiation and Imperial Integration -- Chapter 6. Sumatra and the Failure of Suzerainty -- Chapter 7. The Making and Unmaking of an Imperial Power -- Chapter 8. Legacies of Empire in Mid-Eighteenth Century India -- Conclusion: Rethinking the Origins of the British Empire in Asia. |
| Course: |
HIST250 HIST470 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (4/F) | 382.094105 VEE 2022 | Available |