The East India Company 16001857 Essays On Angloindian Connection 1st Edition William Andrew Pettigrew Mahesh Gopalan by William Andrew Pettigrew & Mahesh Gopalan 9781138679436, 9781315563466, 1138679437, 1315563460 instant download after payment.

This book employs a wide range of perspectives to demonstrate how the
East India Company facilitated cross-cultural interactions between the
English and various groups in South Asia between 1600 and 1857 and
how these interactions transformed important features of both British and
South Asian history. Rather than viewing the company as an organization
projecting its authority from London to India, the volume shows how the
company’s history and its broader historical significance can best be under-
stood by appreciating the myriad ways in which these interactions shaped
the company’s story and altered the course of history. Bringing together
the latest research and several case studies, the work includes examinations
of the formulation of economic theory, the development of corporate strat-
egy, the mechanics of state finance, the mapping of maritime jurisdiction,
the government and practice of religions, domesticity, travel, diplomacy,
state formation, art, gift-giving, incarceration and rebellion. Together, the
essays will advance the understanding of the peculiarly corporate features
of cross-cultural engagement during a crucial early phase of globalization.
Insightful and lucid, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of
modern history, South Asian studies, economic history and political studies.
William A. Pettigrew is Reader, School of History at the University of
Kent, UK. He was Junior Research Fellow and Tutor in History at Corpus
Christi College, Oxford (2007–9). He has authored multiple peer-reviewed
articles and a monograph entitled Freedom’s Debt: The Royal African Com-
pany and the Politics of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1672–1752 (2013).
Mahesh Gopalan is Assistant Professor, Department of History at St. Ste-
phen’s College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. He has published
articles in edited volumes on the history of the Indian Ocean and on the
Jesuit Missions. He was recipient of the Charles Wallace Research Grant in
2014 and is currently working on a…