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"From Spanish conquistadors through to pith-helmeted British colonialists, the prevailing vision of European empire-builders has been staunchly statist. But from the early 1600s through to the early twentieth century, from the East Indies to North America to Africa and the South Pacific, it was company states - not sovereign states - that played the most important role in driving European worldwide commercial and colonial expansion. In Asia, the Dutch and English East India Companies ingratiated themselves with mighty Asian rulers such as the Mughal and Qing Emperors to infiltrate Asian markets. In North America, the Hudson's Bay Company maintained a network of forts and factories across the continent closely integrated with American Indian trading routes and practices
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Outsourcing Empire, Professor Jonathan Phillips
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- Released
- 2022
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- Title
- Outsourcing Empire
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Professor Jonathan Phillips
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 2022
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0691206198
- ISBN13
- 9780691206196
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Business, Business & Management, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Economics, 18th century, 17th century
- Rating
- 3.25 out of 5
- Description
- "From Spanish conquistadors through to pith-helmeted British colonialists, the prevailing vision of European empire-builders has been staunchly statist. But from the early 1600s through to the early twentieth century, from the East Indies to North America to Africa and the South Pacific, it was company states - not sovereign states - that played the most important role in driving European worldwide commercial and colonial expansion. In Asia, the Dutch and English East India Companies ingratiated themselves with mighty Asian rulers such as the Mughal and Qing Emperors to infiltrate Asian markets. In North America, the Hudson's Bay Company maintained a network of forts and factories across the continent closely integrated with American Indian trading routes and practices