The company man: colonial agents and the idea of the virtuous empire, 1786-1901

The Company Man argues that corporate ways of organising communities permeated British imperial culture. My point of departure is the obsession shared between Anglo-Indian writers and imperial policymakers with the threat of unmanageable agency, the employee who will not follow orders. By taking up...

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Main Author: Kent, Eddy
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of British Columbia 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/411