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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29026253 Title: The honourable company : a history of the English East India Company Author: John Keay Publisher: New York : Toronto : Macmillan Publishing Co ; Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1994. ISBN/ISSN: 9780025564695 0025564692 OCLC:29026253

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The honourable company : a history of the English East India Company

Author:	John Keay
Publisher:	New York : Macmillan Publishing Co ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada, 1994.
Edition/Format:	Book : English : 1st American edView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	A history of the company from its beginnings as an association of Elizabethan tradesmen to its becoming one of the most powerful forces in the world.
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Subjects	East India Company -- History. Great Britain -- Commerce -- India -- History. India -- History -- 1526-1765. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	History
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	John Keay Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780025564695 0025564692
OCLC Number:	29026253
Description:	xxii, 474 p., [8] p. of plates ; ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:	PART 1. A QUIET TRADE 1600-1640: 1. Islands of Spicerie: the voyages of James Lancaster ; 2. This frothy nation: the spice race ; 3. Pleasant and fruitful lands: Japan, Siam, and the Coast ; 4. Brabbles and Jarres: The Arabian Sea ; 5. The Keye of all India: The Cape, Surat, and Persia -- PART 2. FLUCTUATING FORTUNES 1640-1710: 6. These frowning times: Recession, famine, and war ; 7. A seat of power and trade: Bombay and Surat ; 8. Fierce engageings: Calcutta and Bengal ; 9. Renegades and rivals: Pirates, interlopers, and competitors ; 10. Eastern approaches: Madras, Siam, and China -- PART 3. A TERRITORIAL POWER 1710-1760: 11. The dark age: Bengal and the Farman ; 12. Outposts of effrontery: the lesser settlements ; 13. One man's pirate: Bombay and the Angreys ; 14. The germ of an Army: Madras and Dupleix ; 15. The famous two hundred days: Revolution in Bengal -- PART 4. A PARTING OF THE WAYS 1760-1820: 16. Looking Eastward to the sea: Southeast Asia and the China trade ; 17. The transfer of power: London and Bengal ; 18. Too loyal, too faithful: Hasting's India ; 19. Tea trade versus free trade: the Far East and the Pacific ; 20. Epilogue.
Responsibility:	John Keay.

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A history of the company from its beginnings as an association of Elizabethan tradesmen to its becoming one of the most powerful forces in the world.

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