Unmaking The East India Company

Author : Tom Young
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2023-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1913107396

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Illuminates how new modes of artistic production in colonial India shaped the British state's nationalisation of the East India Company, transforming the relationship between nation and empire This pioneering book explores how art shaped the nationalisation of the East India Company between the loss of its primary monopoly in 1813 and its ultimate liquidation in 1858. Challenging the idea that parliament drove political reform, it argues instead that the Company's political legitimacy was destabilised by novel modes of artistic production in colonial India. New artistic forms and practices--the result of new technologies like lithography and steam navigation, middle-class print formats like the periodical, the scrapbook and the literary annual, as well as the prevalence of amateur sketching among Company employees--reconfigured the colonial regime's racial boundaries and techniques of governance. They flourished within transimperial networks, integrating middle-class societies with new political convictions and moral disciplines, and thereby eroding the aristocratic corporate cultures that had previously structured colonial authority in India. Unmaking the East India Company contributes to a reassessment of British art as a global, corporate and intrinsically imperial phenomenon--highlighting the role of overlooked media, artistic styles and print formats in crafting those distinctions of power and identity that defined 'Britishness' across the world. Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

Author : Lawrence James
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780748125333

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Raj by Lawrence James Pdf

This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its masters knew that it rested ultimately on the goodwill of Indians. This is a new look at a subject rich in incident and character; the India of the Raj was that of Clive, Kipling, Curzon and Gandhi and a host of lesser known others. RAJ will provoke debate, for it sheds new light on Mountbatten and the events of 1946-47 which ended an exercise in benign autocracy and an experiment in altruism.

Author : Ian Barrow
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781624665981

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The East India Company, 1600–1858 by Ian Barrow Pdf

In existence for 258 years, the English East India Company ran a complex, highly integrated global trading network. It supplied the tea for the Boston Tea Party, the cotton textiles used to purchase slaves in Africa, and the opium for China’s nineteenth-century addiction. In India it expanded from a few small coastal settlements to govern territories that far exceeded the British Isles in extent and population. It minted coins in its name, established law courts and prisons, and prosecuted wars with one of the world’s largest armies. Over time, the Company developed a pronounced and aggressive colonialism that laid the foundation for Britain’s Eastern empire. A study of the Company, therefore, is a study of the rise of the modern world. In clear, engaging prose, Ian Barrow sets the rise and fall of the Company into political, economic, and cultural contexts and explains how and why the Company was transformed from a maritime trading entity into a territorial colonial state. Excerpts from eighteen primary documents illustrate the main themes and ideas discussed in the text. Maps, illustrations, a glossary, and a chronology are also included.

Author : P. J. Marshall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191551574

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The Making and Unmaking of Empires by P. J. Marshall Pdf

In The Making and Unmaking of Empires P. J. Marshall, distinguished author of numerous books on the British Empire and former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, provides a unified interpretation of British imperial history in the later eighteenth century. He brings together into a common focus Britain's loss of empire in North America and the winning of territorial dominion in parts of India and argues that these developments were part of a single phase of Britain's imperial history, rather than marking the closing of a 'first' Atlantic empire and the rise of a 'second' eastern one. In both India and North America Britain pursued similar objectives in this period. Fearful of the apparent enmity of France, Britain sought to secure the interests overseas which were thought to contribute so much to her wealth and power. This involved imposing a greater degree of control over colonies in America and over the East India Company and its new possessions in India. Aspirations to greater control also reflected an increasing confidence in Britain's capacity to regulate the affairs of subject peoples, especially through parliament. If British objectives throughout the world were generally similar, whether they could be achieved depended on the support or at least acquiescence of those they tried to rule. Much of this book is concerned with bringing together the findings of the rich historical writing on both post-Mughal India and late colonial America to assess the strengths and weaknesses of empire in different parts of the world. In North America potential allies who were closely linked to Britain in beliefs, culture and economic interest were ultimately alienated by Britain's political pretensions. Empire was extremely fragile in two out of the three main Indian settlements. In Bengal, however, the British achieved a modus vivendi with important groups which enabled them to build a secure base for the future subjugation of the subcontinent. With the authority of one who has made the study of empire his life's work, Marshall provides a valuable resource for scholar and student alike.

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1096614820

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The East India Company by Hourly History Pdf

★ The East India Company ★Founded at the dawn of the seventeenth century as European nations were establishing global empires, the English East India Company would become a vital part of burgeoning British supremacy. Begun as a joint-stock company for trade with the East Indies, this organization would evolve into one of the world's first capitalistic corporations. Inside you will read about...✓ The English in the Atlantic Era and the Founding of the East India Company ✓ The 17th Century: Struggling, Building, and Growing with Violence ✓ The East India Company Enters the 18th Century ✓ The British Government Steps In ✓ China and the Opium Trade ✓ Growing British Involvement in the 19th Century ✓ The End of the East India Company And much more! Over the course of their 250+ years, the East India Company had built a global trading empire, raised an army and waged war, and conquered vast territory, including the entire subcontinent of India. Without their involvement, the British presence in India would look very different in the historical record. Though the company was dissolved by 1874, their influence on world history cannot be overstated. Series Information: The East India Companies Book 1

Author : Robert Montgomery Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:32044088736426

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History of the Possessions of the Honourable East India Company by Robert Montgomery Martin Pdf

Author : Tirthankar Roy
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780670085071

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The East India Company by Tirthankar Roy Pdf

A first time account of East India Company from the perspective of Indian business history. For over 200 years, the East India Company was the largest and most powerful mercantile firm in Britain and Asia. Set up to procure Asian goods for British consumers, the Company s business network spanned Persia, India, China, Indonesia and North America. In the late 1700s, its career took a dramatic turn as the Company lost ground as a trading firm, but founded an empire in India. Why did a merchant firm end up being an empire builder? Why did politics mesh so closely with the conduct of business in this time? This new account of the East India Company answers these questions by taking a fresh look at the world of Indian business. The story fits together many pieces of a vast jigsaw puzzle, and shows how trading in India changed the Company and how the Company changed Indian business.--Publisher's description

Author : Philip Lawson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317897651

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The East India Company by Philip Lawson Pdf

This is the first short history of the East India Company from its founding in 1600 to its demise in 1857, designed for students and academics. The Company was central to the growth of the British Empire in India, to the development of overseas trade, and to the rise of shareholder capitalism, so this survey will be essential reading for imperial and economic historians and historians of Asia alike. It stresses the neglected early years of the Company, and its intimate relationship with (and impact upon) the domestic British scene.

Author : Margot Finn,Kate Smith
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787350274

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The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 by Margot Finn,Kate Smith Pdf

The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a wide range of settings such as archives and libraries, museums, heritage organisations, the community of family historians and universities. It moves beyond conventional academic narratives and makes an important contribution to ongoing debates around how empire impacted Britain. The volume focuses on the propertied families of the East India Company at the height of Company rule. From the Battle of Plassey in 1757 to the outbreak of the Indian Uprising in 1857, objects, people and wealth flowed to Britain from Asia. As men in Company service increasingly shifted their activities from trade to military expansion and political administration, a new population of civil servants, army officers, surveyors and surgeons journeyed to India to make their fortunes. These Company men and their families acquired wealth, tastes and identities in India, which travelled home with them to Britain. Their stories, the biographies of their Indian possessions and the narratives of the stately homes in Britain that came to house them, frame our explorations of imperial culture and its British legacies.

Author : William A. Pettigrew,Mahesh Gopalan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317191971

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The East India Company, 1600-1857 by William A. Pettigrew,Mahesh Gopalan Pdf

This book employs a wide range of perspectives to demonstrate how the East India Company facilitated cross-cultural interactions between the English and various groups in South Asia between 1600 to 1857 and how these interactions transformed important features of both British and South Asian history. Rather than viewing the Company as an organization projecting its authority from London to India, the volume shows how the Company’s history and its broader historical significance can best be understood by appreciating the myriad ways in which these interactions shaped the Company’s story and altered the course of history. Bringing together the latest research and several case studies, the work includes examinations of the formulation of economic theory, the development of corporate strategy, the mechanics of state finance, the mapping of maritime jurisdiction, the government and practice of religions, domesticity, travel, diplomacy, state formation, art, gift-giving, incarceration, and rebellion. Together, the essays will advance the understanding of the peculiarly corporate features of cross-cultural engagement during a crucial early phase of globalization. Insightful and lucid, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of modern history, South Asian studies, economic history, and political studies.

Author : Peter James Marshall,Emeritus Professor of Imperial History King's College London Honorary Fellow P J Marshall
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199278954

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The Making and Unmaking of Empires by Peter James Marshall,Emeritus Professor of Imperial History King's College London Honorary Fellow P J Marshall Pdf

In The Making and Unmaking of Empires P. J. Marshall, distinguished author of numerous books on the British Empire and former Rhodes Professor of Imperial History, provides a unified interpretation of British imperial history in the later eighteenth century. He brings together into a commonfocus Britain's loss of empire in North America and the winning of territorial dominion in parts of India and argues that these developments were part of a single phase of Britain's imperial history, rather than marking the closing of a 'first' Atlantic empire and the rise of a 'second' eastern one.In both India and North America Britain pursued similar objectives in this period. Fearful of the apparent enmity of France, Britain sought to secure the interests overseas which were thought to contribute so much to her wealth and power. This involved imposing a greater degree of control overcolonies in America and over the East India Company and its new possessions in India. Aspirations to greater control also reflected an increasing confidence in Britain's capacity to regulate the affairs of subject peoples, especially through parliament.If British objectives throughout the world were generally similar, whether they could be achieved depended on the support or at least acquiescence of those they tried to rule. Much of this book is concerned with bringing together the findings of the rich historical writing on both post-Mughal Indiaand late colonial America to assess the strengths and weaknesses of empire in different parts of the world. In North America potential allies who were closely linked to Britain in beliefs, culture and economic interest were ultimately alienated by Britain's political pretensions. Empire wasextremely fragile in two out of the three main Indian settlements. In Bengal, however, the British achieved a modus vivendi with important groups which enabled them to build a secure base for the future subjugation of the subcontinent.With the authority of one who has made the study of empire his life's work, Marshall provides a valuable resource for scholar and student alike.

Author : Robert Montgomery Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Electronic
ISBN : ZBZH:ZBZ-00036828

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History of the Possessions of the Honorable East India Company by Robert Montgomery Martin Pdf

Author : H. V. Bowen,Margarette Lincoln,Nigel Rigby
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781843830733

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The Worlds of the East India Company by H. V. Bowen,Margarette Lincoln,Nigel Rigby Pdf

A collection of essays on the history and relationships of the East India Company from 1600 to the early 1800s.

Author : Ramkrishna Mukherjee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:494035646

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The Rise and Fall of the East India Company by Ramkrishna Mukherjee Pdf

Author : K. N. Chaudhuri
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415190762

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The English East India Company by K. N. Chaudhuri Pdf

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.