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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robins, Nick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East India Company--History.

East India Company.

International business enterprises--Great Britain--History.

International business enterprises.

International business enterprises--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain--History.

International business enterprises--Government policy--Great Britain--History.

International business enterprises--History--Moral and ethical aspects--Great Britain.

International business enterprises--Government policy--History--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 p. ) ill., maps.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto, 2012.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Offering an account of the forerunner of the modern multinational, this book shows how the East India Company pioneered the model of the corporation that we see in modern times. It also articulates that the company's legacy shows how essential it is to break-up the contemporary over-mighty corporations.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Tables, Figures, Maps and Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chronology

1. The Hidden Wound

2. This Imperious Company

3. Out of the Shadows

4. The Bengal Revolution

5. The Great East Indian Crash

6. Regulating the Company

7. Justice Will be Done

8. The Toxic Exchange

9. A Skulking Power

10. Unfinished Business

Epilogue

Notes

Select Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on November 18, 2020.

ISBN:

9781849646918

1849646910

OCLC:

820849779

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access