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Merchant kings : when companies ruled the world, 1600-1900
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Merchant kings : when companies ruled the world, 1600-1900 / Stephen R. Bown.
ISBN
9781553653424
1553653424
Published
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2009.
Physical Description
314 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 23, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The age of heroic commerce
First among equals : Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Dutch East India Company
Divided loyalties : Pieter Stuyvesant and the Dutch West India Company
Companies at war : Sir Robert Clive and the English East India Company
The lord of Alaska : Aleksandr Baranov and the Russian American company
Empire of the beaver : sir George Simpson and the Hudson's Bay Company
Diamonds and deceit : Cecil John Rhodes and the British South Africa Company
When companies ruled the world.
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