The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It incl

For much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the British East India Company consolidated its rule over India, evolving from a trading venture to a colon

This is the first short history of the East India Company from its founding in 1600 to its demise in 1857, designed for students and academics. The Company was