The corporation that changed the world :
Robins, Nick.
The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational / Nick Robins. - 2nd ed. - London : Pluto Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xix, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps - BiblioLabs, LLC. Books. .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But the Company's takeover of much of India was achieved by force and fraud; in China, the battering ram was opium. The East India Company's corruption and violence shocked its contemporaries and still reverberates today. The Corporation That Changed the World is the first book to examine the Company's enduring legacy as a corporation. It uncovers the factors that drove it to excess and eventual collapse. This expanded edition looks at recent activist and cultural responses to the Company in China and India, and the corporate reform agenda in light of the economic crisis. In his account of the Company's story Robins highlights enduring lessons on how to make global business accountable.
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017922869 Uk
East India Company--History.
East India Company.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--Marketing.
Business & Economics.
Commerce - General.
Commerce.
Industry.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--Trade & Tariffs.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
DS465 / .R63 2012eb
382.095405
The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational / Nick Robins. - 2nd ed. - London : Pluto Press, 2012. - 1 online resource (xix, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps - BiblioLabs, LLC. Books. .
Includes bibliographical references 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.
The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But the Company's takeover of much of India was achieved by force and fraud; in China, the battering ram was opium. The East India Company's corruption and violence shocked its contemporaries and still reverberates today. The Corporation That Changed the World is the first book to examine the Company's enduring legacy as a corporation. It uncovers the factors that drove it to excess and eventual collapse. This expanded edition looks at recent activist and cultural responses to the Company in China and India, and the corporate reform agenda in light of the economic crisis. In his account of the Company's story Robins highlights enduring lessons on how to make global business accountable.
1849646910 1849646929 1849646937 9781849646918 9781849646925 9781849646932
100046 Knowledge Unlatched 22573/ctt183h7ng JSTOR
017922869 Uk
East India Company--History.
East India Company.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Exports & Imports.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--International--Marketing.
Business & Economics.
Commerce - General.
Commerce.
Industry.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--International Relations--Trade & Tariffs.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
DS465 / .R63 2012eb
382.095405