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The English East India Company's silk enterprise in Bengal, 1750-1850 : economy, empire and business /

This book examines the silk-processing activities of the English East India Company in Bengal and presents the Company as a manufacturer rather than a trading body or political agent. Silk was one of the first globally traded commodities; its luxury status and potential to create tax revenues and em...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hutkova, Karolina (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : Boydell Press, 2019.
Series:Worlds of the East India Company ; v. 16.
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Online Access:Texto completo