Author: James H. Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780773452701
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Attempts to examine East India Company's activities and importance at a provincial level in eighteenth century through the lives and experiences of those who were employed by this multi-faceted business concern. This book draws on manuscripts from twenty-seven different archive repositories and an array of printed primary and secondary sources.
The East India Company and the Provinces in the Eighteenth Century: Captains, agents, and servants
Author: James H. Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780773452701
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Attempts to examine East India Company's activities and importance at a provincial level in eighteenth century through the lives and experiences of those who were employed by this multi-faceted business concern. This book draws on manuscripts from twenty-seven different archive repositories and an array of printed primary and secondary sources.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780773452701
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Attempts to examine East India Company's activities and importance at a provincial level in eighteenth century through the lives and experiences of those who were employed by this multi-faceted business concern. This book draws on manuscripts from twenty-seven different archive repositories and an array of printed primary and secondary sources.
The East India Company and the Provinces in the Eighteenth Century
Geographies of an Imperial Power
Author: Jeremy Black
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253033489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Geography as an underpinning of British imperialism. “The breadth and depth of knowledge on display in this book are impressive.” —Historical Geography From explorers tracing rivers to navigators hunting for longitude, spatial awareness and the need for empirical understanding were linked to British strategy in the 1700s. This strategy, in turn, aided in the assertion of British power and authority on a global scale. In this sweeping consideration of Britain in the 18th century, Jeremy Black explores the interconnected roles of power and geography in the creation of a global empire. Geography was at the heart of Britain’s expansion into India, its response to uprisings in Scotland and America, and its revolutionary development of railways. Geographical dominance was reinforced as newspapers stoked the fires of xenophobia and defined the limits of cosmopolitan Europe as compared to the “barbarism” beyond. Geography provided a system of analysis and classification which gave Britain political, cultural, and scientific sovereignty. Black considers geographical knowledge not just as a tool for creating a shared cultural identity but also as a key mechanism in the formation of one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires the world has ever known. “This is an engaging, wide-ranging, clearly written, well-informed book . . . Recommended.” —Choice
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253033489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Geography as an underpinning of British imperialism. “The breadth and depth of knowledge on display in this book are impressive.” —Historical Geography From explorers tracing rivers to navigators hunting for longitude, spatial awareness and the need for empirical understanding were linked to British strategy in the 1700s. This strategy, in turn, aided in the assertion of British power and authority on a global scale. In this sweeping consideration of Britain in the 18th century, Jeremy Black explores the interconnected roles of power and geography in the creation of a global empire. Geography was at the heart of Britain’s expansion into India, its response to uprisings in Scotland and America, and its revolutionary development of railways. Geographical dominance was reinforced as newspapers stoked the fires of xenophobia and defined the limits of cosmopolitan Europe as compared to the “barbarism” beyond. Geography provided a system of analysis and classification which gave Britain political, cultural, and scientific sovereignty. Black considers geographical knowledge not just as a tool for creating a shared cultural identity but also as a key mechanism in the formation of one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires the world has ever known. “This is an engaging, wide-ranging, clearly written, well-informed book . . . Recommended.” —Choice
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Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Naval art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Archives
The East India Company and the Provinces in the Eighteenth Century: Portsmouth and the East India Company, 1700-1815
Author: James H. Thomas
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The trilogy of volumes draws on study of the East India Company's archive and upon the holdings of 24 other repositories. Archives all over Europe and the USA were consulted. The provincial impact of England's largest, most powerful, caring and successful of commercial undertakings is assessed. This first volume examines the East India Company's relationship with, and impact upon the mighty military and naval town of Portsmouth, considering local, regional, national and international developments during the crucial period of 1700 to 1815.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The trilogy of volumes draws on study of the East India Company's archive and upon the holdings of 24 other repositories. Archives all over Europe and the USA were consulted. The provincial impact of England's largest, most powerful, caring and successful of commercial undertakings is assessed. This first volume examines the East India Company's relationship with, and impact upon the mighty military and naval town of Portsmouth, considering local, regional, national and international developments during the crucial period of 1700 to 1815.
The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad
Author: Janet Starkey
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004362134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
In The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad, Janet Starkey examines the careers of Alexander and Patrick Russell and family in Aleppo and India. By re-examining recent interpretations, Starkey argues that the Scottish Enlightenment was a cultural revolution not just a philosophy.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004362134
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 483
Book Description
In The Scottish Enlightenment Abroad, Janet Starkey examines the careers of Alexander and Patrick Russell and family in Aleppo and India. By re-examining recent interpretations, Starkey argues that the Scottish Enlightenment was a cultural revolution not just a philosophy.
Breaking Into the Monopoly
Author: Yukihisa Kumagai
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004241728
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
In Breaking into the Monopoly, Yukihisa Kumagai examines how the commercial pressure groups of Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester organised campaigns to end the British East India Company’s monopoly from 1812-1813 and 1829-1833.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004241728
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
In Breaking into the Monopoly, Yukihisa Kumagai examines how the commercial pressure groups of Glasgow, Liverpool, and Manchester organised campaigns to end the British East India Company’s monopoly from 1812-1813 and 1829-1833.
William Knox, an Eighteenth Century Colonial Agent, Pamphleteer, and Civil Servant
Author: Franklin B. Wickwire
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The East India Company in Eighteenth-century Politics
Author: Dame Lucy Stuart Sutherland
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description