New Cambridge History of India, European Commercial Enterprises in Pre- Colonial India
- United Kingdom: Cambridge University, 1998.
- 377p.
Introduction India in the Indian Ocean trade, circa 1500 The Portuguese in India, 1500-1640 The European trading companies: exports from Europe and the generation of purchasing power in Asia The companies in India: the politics and the economics of trade Euro-Asian and intra-Asian trade: the phase of Dutch domination, 1600-1680 The VOC and the growing competition by the English and the French, 1680-1740 The supremacy of the English East India Company, 1740-1800 European trade and the Indian economy Conclusion
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Politics and the economics of trade Indian economy European trading companies