The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational
Author: Robins, Nick
Added by: carl
Added Date: 2020-03-06
Language: eng
Subjects: History, East India Company, Economics, British Empire, India, China, Open Access Books, East India Company -- History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Exports & Imports, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- International -- Marketing, POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Trade & Tariffs, Industry, Commerce, Business & Economics, Commerce - General
Publishers: London : Pluto Press
Collections: IndiaHistory, JaiGyan
ISBN Number: 9781849646918, 1849646910, 9781849646932, 1849646937, 9781849646925, 1849646929, 0745331963, 9780745331966
Pages Count: 300
PPI Count: 300
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Abstract
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. This will be vital reading for students and academics in economics and history.
1 online resource (xix, 260 pages) :
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
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