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The Company's Island - St Helena, Company Colonies and the Colonial Endeavour (Paperback)
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The Company's Island - St Helena, Company Colonies and the Colonial Endeavour (Paperback)
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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 settling 'in love and amity' a repressive and turbulent
regime ensued. The civilian population rebelled, the garrison
mutinied, assassinating the governor, and a rebellion by black
slaves was savagely punished. The result is a vivid, compelling
tale involving issues of race, morality, gender, trade and defence
within the context of Empire. Drawing on new archival material, the
author sheds fresh light on an important yet little known aspect of
the colonial endeavour.
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