A business of state : commerce, politics, and the birth of the East India Company / Rupali Mishra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mishra, Rupali, author.

Series:

Harvard historical studies.

Harvard Historical Studies ; 188

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East India Company--History--17th century.

East India Company.

Corporations, British--India--History--17th century.

Corporations, British.

Business and politics--England--History--17th century.

Business and politics.

England--Economic conditions--17th century.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 412 pages).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A Business of State reveals how the English state took an active role in the creation and functioning of the East India Company in the early years of its existence, and, reciprocally, how institutions like the Company helped create the early Stuart state. To understand how the Company operated, the author delves into the political life of the body as well as constructing a richly detailed account of the interactions between the Company and the regime. Viewing politics and political engagement through the lens of the Company exposes a version of the English polity in which Company members regularly appeared before the monarch and privy council, saw themselves as active agents in government, and used the tools of public appeal to sway both Company and state policies. In return, monarch and privy council promoted and protected the Company, depended on Company expertise and resources, and shaped state policy objectives in response to Company needs and requirements.-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Spelling, Dates, and Sources

Introduction

PART ONE: GOVERNING THE COMPANY

1. The Patent and the Formation of the Company

2. Constituting Authority: The Court of Committees and the Generality

3. Wooing Adventurers: Membership and Useful Men

4. Division within the Company: The Problem of Faction and Representation

5. Merchants, Trading Companies, and Public Appeal

PART TWO: THE COMPANY AND THE STATE

6. The Changing Patent: Negotiating Privileges between Company and Regime

7. "What His Men Have Done Abroad": Martial Engagements and the Company

8. The Dutch East India Company and Amboyna: Crisis and Response in the Company

9. Taking Stock and Looking Forward: The Difficulties of the Late 1620s

10. Crown Manipulations of the East Indies Trade: Dismantling the Company in the 1630s

Conclusion

Abbreviations

Notes

Manuscript and Archival Sources

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Aug 2018)

ISBN:

9780674984714

0674984714

9780674919990

0674919998

OCLC:

1030304393