The Twilight Of The East India Company: The Evolution Of Anglo-Asian Commer...

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Book Title: The Twilight Of The East India Company: The Evolution Of Ang...

Number of Pages: 216 Pages

Publication Name: Twilight of the East India Company : the Evolution of Anglo-Asian Commerce and Politics, 1790-1860

Language: English

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited

Subject: Economic History, Commerce, International Relations / General, Modern / 19th Century, Asia / India & South Asia, Corporate & Business History

Publication Year: 2013

Item Height: 0.5 in

Type: Textbook

Author: Anthony Webster

Item Length: 9.2 in

Subject Area: Political Science, Business & Economics, History

Series: Worlds of the East India Company Ser.

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback