Table of Contents

Tables; Figures; Maps; Abbreviations; Notes on dates, contemporaneous spellings, currency and weights; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The international economy and the East India trade; 2. A formal theoretical model of the East India Company's trade; 3. The structure of early trade and the pattern of commercial settlements in Asia; 4. The evolution of the Company's trading system: operation and policy 1660–1760; 5. Long-term trends and fluctuations 1660–1760; 6. Politics of trade; 7. Markets, merchants and the Company; 8. The export of treasure and the monetary system; 9. The structure of country trade in Asia; 10. Export of European commodities; 11. The Company and the Indian textile industry; 12. The Company's trade in textiles; 13. Pepper; 14. Import of bulk goods; 15. Raw silk; 16. Coffee; 17. Imports from China; 18. Financial results; 19. Conclusion; Appendix 1. Notes on the statistical tables of the East India Company's trade; Appendix 2. Time-series analysis of the East India Company's exports and imports; Appendix 3. The econometric estimation of the trading model; 4. The grouped list and the glossary of Indian textile types; 5. The statistical tables of the Company's trade; General glossary; Bibliography; Short titles cited in the reference notes; Notes; Index.

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This book offers a comprehensive history of the English East India Company during the century 1660–1760.