Between Monopoly and Free Trade: The English East India Company, 1600-1757

by Emily Erikson

Book Overview

The English East India Company was one of the most powerful and enduring organizations in history. Between Monopoly and Free Trade locates the source of that success in the innovative policy by which the Company's Court of Directors granted employees the right to pursue their own commercial interests while in the firm's employ. Exploring trade network dynamics, decision-making processes, and ports and organizational context, Emily Erikson...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691173796
• ISBN13: 9780691173795
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"