The Company-State
Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India
Book • 2011
A study of the East India Company, exploring its transformation into a territorial empire and the ways in which it functioned as a sovereign entity from its earliest days.
It challenges the traditional view that the company suddenly transformed into an empire in the mid-18th century.
The book argues that the company was a political entity from the beginning, with its own legal and political structures.
It examines the company's use of corporate power to establish its dominance in India.
Ultimately, the book provides a new perspective on the relationship between corporations, sovereignty, and empire in the early modern world.
It challenges the traditional view that the company suddenly transformed into an empire in the mid-18th century.
The book argues that the company was a political entity from the beginning, with its own legal and political structures.
It examines the company's use of corporate power to establish its dominance in India.
Ultimately, the book provides a new perspective on the relationship between corporations, sovereignty, and empire in the early modern world.
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Mentioned by Philip Stern as a previous work exploring the East India Company's role in laying the foundations for the British Empire.
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