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 relationship be...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London
Harvard University Press
2023, ©2023
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Collection: | DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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. |
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Physical Description: | 399 pages |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-29347-2 978-0-674-29348-9 |