The Corporation That Changed the World - How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational (Hardcover, 2nd edition)

This is the history of the East India Company and its enduring legacy as a corporation, dealing in exploitation and violence. 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 it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Company's practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today. This expanded edition explores how the four forces of scale, technology, finance and regulation drove its spectacular rise and fall. This story provides vital lessons on both the role of corporations in world history and the steps required to make global business accountable today.

General

Imprint:	Pluto Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2012
First published:	October 2012
Authors:	Nick Robins
Dimensions:	215 x 135 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Library binding
Pages:	280
Edition:	2nd edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7453-3196-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Multinationals Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-7453-3196-3
Barcode:	9780745331966

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