Guardian of The East India Company
The Life of Laurence Sulivan
A biography of a seemingly forgotten yet singularly important eighteenth century figure, this book includes revealing insights into the business and political landscape of his day, and explores both his professional and personal life, essential for histories of Britain and the Empire. Laurence Sulivan embodied the East India Company. He lived at the Company's heart in the city of London and controlled a vast commercial and political empire during Britain's 'Commercial Revolution', in the late eighteenth century, and rise to superpower status and supremacy in India and South and Southeast Asia. He was 'kingmaker', politician, manipulator and n…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-85771-312-4
- EAN: 9780857713124
- Produktnummer: 22576276
- Verlag: I.B.Tauris
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 2'044 KB
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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