The Coins of the English East India Company
The Coins of the English East India Company

Author: Paul Stevens

Publisher: Spink Books

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 562

ISBN-13: 9781907427695

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Winner of the IAPN Book Prize 2018 at the General Assembly in Prague This catalogue presents a list of all coins known to have been issued by the East India Company for use in their Presidencies of Bengal, Bombay and Madras. Each of the main sections covers the coins of one Presidency with chapters on the coins issued from the main mint in the area - Calcutta, Bombay or Madras - as well as chapters on coins issued from local and transitional mints, most of which were not covered in Major Pridmore's seminal work on the subject.

The East India Company, 1600–1858
The East India Company, 1600–1858

Author: Ian Barrow

Publisher: Hackett Publishing

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1624665985

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In existence for 258 years, the English East India Company ran a complex, highly integrated global trading network. It supplied the tea for the Boston Tea Party, the cotton textiles used to purchase slaves in Africa, and the opium for China’s nineteenth-century addiction. In India it expanded from a few small coastal settlements to govern territories that far exceeded the British Isles in extent and population. It minted coins in its name, established law courts and prisons, and prosecuted wars with one of the world’s largest armies. Over time, the Company developed a pronounced and aggressive colonialism that laid the foundation for Britain’s Eastern empire. A study of the Company, therefore, is a study of the rise of the modern world. In clear, engaging prose, Ian Barrow sets the rise and fall of the Company into political, economic, and cultural contexts and explains how and why the Company was transformed from a maritime trading entity into a territorial colonial state. Excerpts from eighteen primary documents illustrate the main themes and ideas discussed in the text. Maps, illustrations, a glossary, and a chronology are also included.

The Uniform Coinage of India 1835 to 1947
The Uniform Coinage of India 1835 to 1947

Author: Paul Stevens

Publisher:

Published: 2012-12-31

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9781907427237

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This catalogue provides an authoritative guide to the different major coinages of William IV, Victoria, Edward VII, George V and George VI, with detailed colour illustrations of each coin. This work is based upon that of Major Pridmore (The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations. Part 4 India) and has been authored by Dr Paul Stevens and Randy Weir. The authors aim to share their wealth of knowledge, experience and passion for these coins with collectors both old and new.

The Anarchy
The Anarchy

Author: William Dalrymple

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2020-11-12

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 1526634015

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THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India ... A book of beauty' – Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business. William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.

When Money Talks
When Money Talks

Author: Frank L. Holt

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 019751765X

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"Money may seem hopelessly mundane and culturally meaningless, but it has dominated--and documented--world history since the time of the ancient Greeks. This heavily illustrated book provides a spirited account of the first coinages and their living descendants in our pockets and purses. It explains how people from Jesus to The Beatles have used numismatics to explore the social, political, economic, and religious history of the world"--

The Honourable Company
The Honourable Company

Author: John Keay

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2010-07-08

Total Pages: 489

ISBN-13: 000739554X

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A history of the English East India company.

The Proudest Day
The Proudest Day

Author: Anthony Read

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1999-07

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 9780393318982

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A riveting account of the end of the Raj--the most romantic of all the great empires--told in compelling and colorful detail by the authors of "The Deadly Embrace" and "The Fall of Berlin." of photos.

The Rise of Fiscal States
The Rise of Fiscal States

Author: Bartolomé Yun-Casalilla

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-05-24

Total Pages: 495

ISBN-13: 1107013518

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Leading economic historians present a groundbreaking series of country case studies exploring the formation of fiscal states in Eurasia.

Empress
Empress

Author: Miles Taylor

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2018-10-02

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 0300118090

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An entirely original account of Victoria's relationship with the Raj, which shows how India was central to the Victorian monarchy from as early as 1837 In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria's influence as empress contributed significantly to India's modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, suggesting that it was one of Victoria's successes.