{"product_id":"the-company-state-corporate-sovereignty-and-the-early-modern-foundations-of-the-british-empire-in-india-paperback","title":"The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip J. Stern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost since the event itself in 1757, the English East India Company's victory over the forces of the \u003cem\u003enawab\u003c\/em\u003e of Bengal and the territorial acquisitions that followed has been perceived as the moment when the British Empire in India was born. Examining the Company's political and intellectual history in the century prior to this supposed transformation, \u003cem\u003eThe Company-State \u003c\/em\u003erethinks this narrative and the nature of the early East India Company itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Philip J. Stern reveals the history of a corporation concerned not simply with the bottom line but also with the science of colonial governance. Stern demonstrates how Company leadership wrestled with typical early modern problems of political authority, such as the mutual obligations of subjects and rulers; the relationships among law, economy, and sound civil and colonial society; the constitution of civic institutions ranging from tax collection and religious practice to diplomacy and warmaking; and the nature of jurisdiction and sovereignty over people, territory, and the sea. Their ideas emerged from abstract ideological, historical, and philosophical principles and from the real-world entanglements of East India Company employees and governors with a host of allies, rivals, and polyglot populations in their overseas plantations. As the Company shaped this colonial polity, it also confronted shifting definitions of state and sovereignty across Eurasia that\u003cbr\u003eultimately laid the groundwork for the Company's incorporation into the British empire and state through the eighteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChallenging traditional distinctions between the commercial and imperial eras in British India, as well as a colonial Atlantic world and a \"trading world\" of Asia, \u003cem\u003eThe Company-State\u003c\/em\u003e offers a unique perspective on the fragmented nature of state, sovereignty, and empire in the early modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhilip J. Stern\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Duke University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 316\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45259006607462,"sku":"9780199930364","price":104.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/NDYyMXZ4VzJ0Q1VZSUhNZWhiaFQ0UT09.webp?v=1773813026","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-company-state-corporate-sovereignty-and-the-early-modern-foundations-of-the-british-empire-in-india-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}