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Rivalry for Trade in Tea and Textiles

The English and Dutch East India companies (1700–1800)

Chris Nierstrasz author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:21st Sep '15

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The rivalry for trade in tea and textiles between the English and Dutch East India companies is very much a global history. This trade is strongly connected to emblematic events such as the opening of Western trade with China, the Boston Tea Party, the establishment of British Empire in Bengal and the Industrial Revolution.

“It does adopt important and influential ideas from historians of consumption to explore the growing demand for items such as tea and textiles in eighteenth-century Europe. … Ultimately, the narrative power and the interpretative possibilities offered by the single, individual company are strong and will always remain attractive to scholars, students and general readers. … Rivalry for Trade in Tea and Textiles reminds us of the importance of the cornucopia of commodities imported by Europe’s East India companies.” (John McAleer, International Journal of Maritime History, Vol. 28 (3), August, 2016)

ISBN: 9781137486523

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 4091g

226 pages

1st ed. 2015