The Honourable Company: A History of the English East India Company
John Keay · 1991
This book details the Company's internal governance structures, factional rivalries, and the political maneuvering among its directors and officers.
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The East India Company: Trade and Conquest from 1600
Antony Wild · 1999
Wild examines the Company's commercial expansion, highlighting the key trade routes and networks that underpinned its rise to power.
The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
William Dalrymple · 2019
This book details the Company's military campaigns and conquests in India, showing how its private army defeated regional powers and built an empire.
The East India Company: A History
Philip Lawson · 1993
Lawson focuses on the Company's corporate evolution, its shareholder politics, and the internal power struggles that shaped its policies.
The Corporation That Changed the World: How the East India Company Shaped the Modern Multinational
Nick Robins · 2012
Robins analyzes the Company's governance failures, corruption, and internal conflicts, offering a modern corporate governance lens on its history.
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