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The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Robins, Nick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Pluto Press, 2012.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.