Positions the English East India Company at the center of the early 19th century London economy. Analyzes the composition of the warehouse workforce and explore

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

The Business of Empire assesses the domestic impact of British imperial expansion by analysing what happened in Britain following the East India Company's acqui

The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, text

The book charts in detail successive voyages by members of the Larkins family, who were leading owners of East India Company ships, showing what it was like to