The English East India Company's Silk Enterprise in Bengal, 1750-1850: Economy, Empire and Business
(Book #16 in the The Worlds of the East India Company Series)
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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"
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