Selling Empire : India in the Making of Britain and America, 1600-1830 /

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In the 17th century, Britain was economically, politically, and militarily weaker than India, but Britons increasingly made use of India's strengths to build their own empire in both America and Asia. Early English colonial promoters first envisioned America as a potential India, hoping that th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Eacott, Jonathan (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture (sponsoring body.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Imperialism > Economic aspects.
British colonies.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Imperialisme > Aspect economique.
India.
America.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amerique.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire.
Great Britain > India > Colonies.
Great Britain > Colonies > America.
Great Britain > Colonies > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 "Those Curious Manufactures That Empire Affords": India Goods and Early English Expansion
  • 2 An Imperial Compromise: The Calico Acts, the Company, and the Atlantic Colonies
  • 3 Enforcement, Aesthetics, and Revenue
  • 4 A Company to Fear: India and the American Revolution
  • 5 Empires, Interlopers, Corruption, and America's Early India Trade
  • 6 Remapping Production, Rethinking Monopolies
  • 7 The French Wars and the Refashioning of Empire
  • 8 Conversions.

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