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Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600-1757
Emily Erikson
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Analytical Sociology Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1FKA; 3JD; 3JF; HBJF; HBLH; KCLT; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. Between Monopoly and Free Trade locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Exploring trade network dynamics, decision-making processes, and ports and organizational context, Emily Erikson demonstrates why the English East India Company was a dominant force in the expansion of trade between Europe and Asia, and she sheds light on the related problems of why England experienced rapid economic ... Read more
The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. Between Monopoly and Free Trade locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Exploring trade network dynamics, decision-making processes, and ports and organizational context, Emily Erikson demonstrates why the English East India Company was a dominant force in the expansion of trade between Europe and Asia, and she sheds light on the related problems of why England experienced rapid economic ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Princeton Analytical Sociology Series
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691173795
SKU
V9780691173795
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About Emily Erikson
Emily Erikson is an assistant professor in the department of sociology and the school of management (by courtesy) at Yale University, as well as a member of the Council of South Asian Studies.
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Winner of the 2016 Gaddis Smith International Book Prize, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University Winner of the 2016 James Coleman Award for Outstanding Book, Rationality and Society Section of the American Sociological Association Co-Winner of the 2015 Ralph Gomory Prize, Business History Conference Co-Winner of the 2015 Sharlin Memorial Award, Social Science History Association ... Read more