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In the shadow of the company [electronic resource] : the Dutch East India Company and its servants in the period of its decline (1740-1796) / by Chris Nierstrasz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nierstrasz, Chris.
- Series:
- TANAP monographs on the history of the Asian-European interaction ; v. 15.
- TANAP Monographs on the History of Asian-European Interaction ; 15
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic history.
- Power (Social sciences).
- Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
- Netherlands--Commerce--History--18th century.
- Netherlands.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston, MA : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Is there any truth in the story that the morality of the servants of the Dutch East India Company in the eighteenth century was so rotten that one should believe the Dutch maxim ‘Vergaan Onder Corruptie’ – in translation something like ‘Succumbed to Corruption’ – and use this as an explanation for a very complex phenomenon? Chris Nierstrasz introduces us in his In the Shadow of the Company , to the realities of the decision makers and of the servants in the field. Responding to the changing realities in Asia, the Company could only try to use the mercantile potential of its higher echelons to postpone its downfall. In a situation in which the directors were not able to increase investment from Holland, the servants in Asia were forced to take up the challenge.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- Power and Trade
- India, the Fight for Dominance
- Ceylon, a Cinnamon Paradise in Jeopardy
- Monopoly and Private Trade
- Private Trade with Batavia
- Country Trade on the Coromandel Coast
- Profits and Fortunes
- Remuneration and Corruption
- Promotions and Patronage
- Dutch Decline and British Dominance
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-60218-0
- 9786613914637
- 90-04-23583-3
- OCLC:
- 811505298
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004235830 DOI
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