Titel:
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The Anarchy : the relentless rise of the East India Company
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Auteurs:
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William Dalrymple, Auteur
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Documenttype:
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Books
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Uitgever :
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Bloomsbury, 2019
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Artikel op pagina:
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XLI, 522 p.
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ISBN/ISSN/EAN:
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978-1-4088-6439-5
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Talen:
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Engels
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Indexering:
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954.031
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Descriptors :
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7.15 Asie et Pacifique > Asie du Sud > Inde
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Tags:
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India
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East India Company
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International business enterprises
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Great Britain
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Economic history
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East India Company History
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India History British occupation, 1765-1947
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Abstract :
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In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.
William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
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