The origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750

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    • Veevers, David

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The origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600-1750

David Veevers

Cambridge University Press, 2020

First edition

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Summary: "This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural interactions between servants of the English East India Company and the Asian communities and states they came into contact with, revealing how it was this integration of Europeans into non-European economies, states and societies which was central to British imperial and commercial success rather than national or mercantilist enterprise. As their servants skilfully adapted to this rich and complex environment, the East India Company became enfranchised by the eighteenth century with a breadth of privileges and rights - from governing sprawling metropolises to trading customs-free. In emphasising the Asian genesis of the British Empire, this book sheds new light on the foreign frameworks of power which fuelled the expansion of Global Britain in the early modern world"-- Provided by publisher

収録内容

  • Chapter 1. The Failure of an English Enterprise
  • Chapter 2. Madras and the Reconstitution of the Company
  • Chapter 3. The Success of an Anglo-Asian Enterprise
  • Chapter 4. Searching for Legitimacy in Mughal Bengal
  • Chapter 5. War, Negotiation and Imperial Integration
  • Chapter 6. Sumatra and the Failure of Suzerainty
  • Chapter 7. The Making and Unmaking of an Imperial Power
  • Chapter 8. Legacies of Empire in Mid-Eighteenth Century India
  • Conclusion: Rethinking the Origins of the British Empire in Asia

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内容説明

This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural interactions between servants of the English East India Company and the Asian communities and states they came into contact with, revealing how it was this integration of Europeans into non-European economies, states and societies which was central to British imperial and commercial success rather than national or mercantilist enterprise. As their servants skilfully adapted to this rich and complex environment, the East India Company became enfranchised by the eighteenth century with a breadth of privileges and rights - from governing sprawling metropolises to trading customs-free. In emphasising the Asian genesis of the British Empire, this book sheds new light on the foreign frameworks of power which fuelled the expansion of Global Britain in the early modern world.

目次

  • Introduction. 'A hundred gates open for entrance'
  • Part I. Weakness and Adaptation: 1. 'A boddy without a head': the failure of an English enterprise
  • 2. 'Soe fayre an opportunitie': Madras and the reconstitution of the company
  • 3. 'Not as absolute lords and kings of the place': the success of an Anglo-Asian enterprise
  • Part II. Subordination and Expansion: 4. 'To be determined by the Moor's justice': searching for legitimacy in Mughal Bengal
  • 5. 'A firm settlement in this place': war, negotiation and imperial integration
  • Part III. Limitations and Devastation: 6. 'The Malays will not preserve ye countrey themselves': Sumatra and the failure of suzerainty
  • 7. 'The company as their lords and the deputy as a great Rajah': the making and unmaking of an imperial power
  • Part IV. Empire: 8. 'The end of these things will not be good': legacies of empire in mid-eighteenth century India
  • Conclusion. Rethinking the origins of the British Empire in Asia.

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