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Author:
Stern, Philip J., author.
Title:
Empire, incorporated : the corporations that built British colonialism / Philip J. Stern.
Publisher:
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
399 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject:
Colonial companies--Great Britain--History.
Corporations--Great Britain--History.
Stock companies--Great Britain--History.
Business and politics--Great Britain--History.
Great Britain--Commerce.--Commerce.
Great Britain--Administration.--Administration.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:
"Historians typically regard the British Empire as a state project aided by corporations. Philip Stern turns this view on its head, arguing that corporations drove colonial expansion and governance, creating an overlap between sovereign and commercial power that continues to shape the relationship between nations and corporations to this day"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0674988124
9780674988125
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1345218211
LCCN:
2022038947
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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