{"product_id":"the-corporation-that-changed-the-world-how-the-east-india-company-shaped-the-modern-multinational-paperback","title":"The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Robins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A powerful analysis of the rise and fall of the British East India Company, a private company that conquered a subcontinent and subjugated an entire people.\"--Huw Bowen, Swansea University \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Elegantly written and sharply argued, Nick Robins' gripping account of the rise and fall of the English East India Company brings to life a crucial episode in the history of globalization.\"--Sankar Muthu, University of Chicago \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles, and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Company's practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today, offering lessons about unfettered capitalism, corporate responsibility, and the legacy of colonialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Corporation That Changed the World \u003c\/i\u003eis the first book to reveal the Company's enduring legacy as a corporation. This expanded edition explores how the four forces of scale, technology, finance, and regulation drove its spectacular rise and fall. For decades, the Company was simply too big to fail, and stock market bubbles, famines, drug-running, and even duels between rival executives are to be found in this new account. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Table of Contents: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction \u003cbr\u003e Chronology \u003cbr\u003e 1 The Hidden Wound \u003cbr\u003e 2 The Imperious Company \u003cbr\u003e 3 Out of the Shadows \u003cbr\u003e 4 The Bengal Revolution \u003cbr\u003e 5 The Great East Indian Crash \u003cbr\u003e 6 Regulating the Company \u003cbr\u003e 7 Justice Will Be Done \u003cbr\u003e 8 The Toxic Exchange \u003cbr\u003e 10 The Unfettered Business \u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Robins, the Company's story provides vital lessons on both the role of corporations in world history and the steps required to make global business accountable today.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Robins\u003c\/b\u003e has more than 20 years experience in the policy and practical realities of corporate accountability. A historian by training, he currently works on sustainable and responsible investment in London, and has written on the East India Company for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eResurgence\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757194772768,"sku":"9780745331959","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9807b795170b2007584a97412486bba0.webp?v=1780096257","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-corporation-that-changed-the-world-how-the-east-india-company-shaped-the-modern-multinational-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}