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European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India

European Commercial Enterprise in Pre-Colonial India( )
Author: Prakash, Om
Contribution by: Bayly, C. A.
Johnson, Gordon
Richards, John F.
Series title:The New Cambridge History of India Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-25758-9
Publication Date:Jun 1998
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $188.95
Book Description:

European traders first appeared in India at the end of the fifteenth century and established corporate enterprises in the region, such as the English and Dutch East India companies. This volume considers how, over a span of three centuries, the Indian economy expanded and was integrated into the pre-modern world economy as a result of these interactions.

Book Details
Pages:398
Detailed Subjects: Business & Economics / Commerce
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15 x 23.1 x 3 cm
Book Weight:0.75 Kilograms
Author Biography
Prakash, Om (Author)
Christopher Alan Bayly was born on May 18, 1945 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom. He graduated from St Antony's College. He was the pre-eminent historian of India and the British Empire and a pioneer of the field of global history. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including The Local Roots of Indian Politics; Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars; Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire; Imperial Meridian; Empire and Information; The Origins of Nationality in South Asia; The Birth of the Modern World; and Recovering Liberties. In 2005, he received the Wolfson prize for history for his entire body of work. In 2007, he was the first scholar to be knighted "for services to history outside of Europe." He died of a heart attack on April 18, 2015 at the age of 69.

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