The Corporation That Changed the World : How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
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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Pluto Press
2012
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