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Author:   L. Blussé ,  F.S. Gaastra
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.425kg
ISBN:  

9789400986176

ISBN 10:   9400986173
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   09 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

I: Introduction.- 1. Companies and Trade: Some Reflections on a Workshop and a Concept.- II: Companies as Instruments of Trade and Expansion.- 2. The Origins of Trading Companies.- 3. The English East India Company in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Pre-modern Multinational Organization.- 4. The Shifting Balance of Trade of the Dutch East India Company.- 5. The West India Company, 1621–1791: Dutch or Atlantic?.- 6. French Mercantilism, Commercial Companies and Colonial Profitability.- 7. Two Lusitanian Variations on a Dutch Theme: Portuguese Companies in Times of Crisis, 1628–1662.- 8. The Organization and Structure of the Danish East India, West India and Guinea Companies in the 17th and 18th Centuries.- 9. The Brandenburg Overseas Trading Companies in the 17th Century.- III: Companies in the Trading World of Asia.- 10. Questions on the Contact between European Companies and Asian Societies.- 11. European Trade and South Asian Economies: Some Regional Contrasts, 1600–1800.- 12. Unification and Adaptation, the Early Shogunate and Dutch Trade Policies.- 13. The Organization of Western European Trade in the Levant, 1500–1800.- IV: Epilogue.- 14. The Companies as a Specific Institution in the History of European Expansion.- Notes on the Contributors.

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