The East India Company by Antony Wild

The East India Company by Antony Wild

The East India Company has played a crucial role in the development of the world as we know it and is key to the very fabric of British society and culture. In the year 2,000, a major exhibition at the British Library celebrates the 400th anniversary of the birth of this unique institution. Established by Royal Charter in 1600, the East India Company quickly came to control over half the world's trade and a quarter of its population. It ruled India, raised its own army and navy, minted its own currency and traded with every corner of the globe. The structure of the book will be broadly chronological, but also focus on particular subjects and incidents - tea, silks, jewellery, cashmere, spices, ships and navigation, battles, communication routes, the opium trade, the English gentleman abroad, India's First War of Independence, etc. The East India Company is alive and well today and has access to a visual archive of its history, which would be used to illustrate the book.

Antony Wild, although a native of Yorkshire, has spent much time in the Indian sub-continent, where he acquired a particular passion for Moghul cookery. He is the figure behind the revival of the East India Company and author of The East India Company Book of Tea and The East India Company Book of Spices.

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ISBN 13	9780004140544
ISBN 10	0004140540
Title	The East India Company
Author	Antony Wild
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	1999-09-06
Number of pages	192
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