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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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Stern, Philip J. (Auteur)
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press [2023]
Online toegang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.2840676
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Samenvatting:"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"--
Fysieke beschrijving:1 online resource (399 pages ) illustrations, maps
Bibliografie:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780674293489
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9780674293472
0674293479
9780674988125
0674988124