Honourable Company

Name: Honourable Company
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ISBN: 9780025611696

ISBN-10: 0025611690

ISBN-13: 9780025611696

Edition: N/A

Authors: John Keay

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Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Scribner
Binding: Children's Board Books
Pages: 496
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English

John Keay's recent books includeSowing the Wind: the Mismanagement of the Middle East 1900-1960andLast Post: The End of Empire in the Far East.



List of Illustrations


List of Maps


Maps


Acknowledgment and Author's Note


Preface



A Quiet Trade 1600-1640



Islands of Spicerie: The Voyages of James Lancaster



This Frothy Nation: The Spice Race



Pleasant and Fruitfull Lands: Japan, Siam, and The Coast



Brabbles and Jarres: The Arabian Sea



The Keye of All India: The Cape, Surat, and Persia



Fluctuating Fortunes 1640-1710



These Frowning Times: Recession, Famine, and War



A Seat of Power and Trade: Bombay and Surat



Fierce Engageings: Calcutta and Bengal



Renegades and Rivals: Pirates, Interlopers, and Competitors



Eastern Approaches: Madras, Siam, and China



A Territorial Power 1710-1760



The Dark Age Bengal and the Farman



Outposts of Effrontery The Lesser Settlements



One Man's Pirate Bombay and the Angreys



The Germ of an Army Madras and Dupleix



The Famous Two Hundred Days Revolution in Bengal



A Parting of the Ways 1760-1820



Looking Eastward to the Sea: Southeast Asia and the China Trade



The Transfer of Power: London and Bengal



Too Loyal, Too Faithful: Hastings's India



Tea Trade Versus Free Trade The Far East and the Pacific



Epilogue


Bibliography


Index