Merchant Kings: When Companies Ruled the World, 1600--1900 PDF
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Merchant kings Stephen R. Bown MERCHANT KINGS Copyright © 2009 by Stephen R. Brown 09 10 11 12 13 5 4 3 2 1 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of the publisher or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright licence, visit www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777 Douglas & McIntyre A division of D & M Publishers Inc. 2323 Quebec Street, Suite 201 Vancouver bc Canada v5t 4s7 www.dmpibooks.com Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Bown, Stephen R Merchant kings : when companies ruled the world, 1600-1900 /Stephen R. Bown. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 978-1-55365-342-4 1. Colonial companies—History. 2.Merchants—Europe—Biography. 3 . Europe—Commerce—History. 4 . Monopolies— Europe—History. 5. Monopolies—History. 6. International business enterprises—History. 7. International trade— History. 1. Title HF481.B72 2009 382.09 C2009-902939-1 Editing by John Ecrkcs-Mcdrano Copy editing by Michael Mundhcnk Jacket and text design by Naomi MacDougall Maps by Eric Leinbergcr Jacket illustration © Marv Evans Picture Library All other illustrations public domain, courtesy of the author Printed and bound in Canada bv Friesens Printed on acid- free paper that is forest friendly (100% post-consumer recycled paper) and has been processed chlorine free or printed on paper that comes from sustainable forests managed under the Forest Stewardship Council Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia through the Book Publishing Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP) for our publishing activities. Contents Introduction THE AGE OF HEROIC COMMERCE One FIRST AMONG EQUALS Jan Pieterszoon Cocn and the Dutch East India Company Two DIVIDED LOYALTIES Pieter Stuyvesant and the Dutch West India Company Three COMPANIES AT WAR Sir Robert Clive and the English East India Company Four THE LORD OF ALASKA Aleksandr Baranov and the Russian American Company Five EMPIRE OF THE BEAVER Sir George Simpson and the Hudson's Bay Company Six DIAMONDS AND DECEIT Cecil John Rhodes and the British South Africa Company Epilogue WHEN COMPANIES RULED THE WORLD Sources Selected Bibliography Timeline for the Age of Heroic Commerce Acknowledgements
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