The company's island : St Helena, company colonies and the colonial endeavour /
As English adventurer Francis Drake and his contemporaries opened up seaborne trade with Asia and the East, so dreams of untold wealth fuelled the appetites of European nations. A new form of co-operation arose between governments and entrepreneurs - the merchant company. Vital to the entire commerc...
| Основен автор: | Royle, Stephen A. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the U.S.A. by Palgrave,
2007.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=243345 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Company's island. |
| Резюме: |
As English adventurer Francis Drake and his contemporaries opened up seaborne trade with Asia and the East, so dreams of untold wealth fuelled the appetites of European nations. A new form of co-operation arose between governments and entrepreneurs - the merchant company. Vital to the entire commercial and colonial endeavour, part of the story of Empire lies in the outposts they established."The Company's Island" focuses upon one such company colony - St Helena. With no indigenous population on the island, the East India Company had to establish a society from scratch but far from se. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (227 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781435691391 1435691393 9780857711564 0857711563 |