East India Patronage and the British State
The Scottish Elite and Politics in the Eighteenth Century
The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. From 1725, a patronage system existed in Britain enabling government ministries to use posts in the East India Company and its shipping to secure political majorities in Scotland and Westminster. This book deals with this topic.
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84511-661-3
- EAN: 9781845116613
- Produktnummer: 3278657
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B13.8 cm 513 g
- Gewicht: 513
Über den Autor
George McGilvary was previously Honorary Post-Doctoral Fellow at Edinburgh University, UK. He specialises in the E. I. Company and the political and commercial activities of the Scottish elite at home, within the India House and abroad. Publications include three academic monographs and numerous published articles and chapters.
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