{"product_id":"the-east-india-company-16001858","title":"The East India Company, 1600–1858","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781624665974\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade binding\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2017\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Hackett Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn existence for 258 years, the English East India Company ran a complex, highly integrated global trading network. Over time, the Company developed a pronounced and aggressive colonialism that laid the foundation for Britain's Eastern empire. A study of the Company, therefore, is a study of the rise of the modern world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan Barrow sets the rise and fall of the Company into political, economic, and cultural contexts and explains how and why the Company was transformed from a maritime trading entity into a territorial colonial state. Excerpts from eighteen primary documents illustrate the main themes and ideas discussed in the text. Maps, illustrations, a glossary, and a chronology are also included.","brand":"Smartfox Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41855606947973,"sku":"PR2376","price":132.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/9781624665974_SWGC8ZPWJR73.jpg?v=1788967598","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-east-india-company-16001858","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}