The English East India Company's Silk Enterprise in Bengal, 1750-1850: Economy, Empire and Business

by Karolina Hutkova

This book examines the silk-processing activities of the English East India Company in Bengal and presents the Company as a manufacturer rather than a trading body or political agent. Silk was one of the first globally traded commodities; its luxury status and potential to create tax revenues and employ the poor gave it a strategic importance in many economies in Eurasia. The silk industry was also an important sector in Britain; yet, as raw silk...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783273941
• ISBN13: 9781783273942
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 275 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"