The corporation that changed the world : how the East India Company shaped the modern multinational / Nick Robins.

The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But the Company's takeover of much of India was achieved by force and fraud; in China, the battering ram was opium. The...

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Main Author: Robins, Nick
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Pluto Press, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
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