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by Michael Wagner (Author)
This book provides a collective view of the five major English chartered trading companies active during 1688-1763. Using archival and secondary sources, it fills in some of the knowledge gaps concerning the less well-studied companies, and examines interconnections between international rivalry, financial operations of the companies, and politi
Author Biography
Michael Wagner teaches courses in eighteenth-century British history in the Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford.