Empire, incorporated : the corporations that built British colonialism /

"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 relations...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Principal: Stern, Philip J. (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press [2023]
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2840676
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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"--
Descrición Física:1 online resource (399 pages ) illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780674293489
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9780674293472
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9780674988125
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