The eleven articles in this volume examine controversial subjects of central importance to medieval economic historians. Drawing on a... Læs mere
First published in 1973, this book describes the career of Sir George Macartney, who spent twenty-eight years at the turn of the nineteenth century as British representative in Sinkiang, China's most westerly province.
This study examines the influence of commercial interests on the expansion of the British Empire in Western India in the age of Cornwallis and Wellesley. It questions some of the assumptions which have been accepted as explanations of British imperialism in that part of India.
This book charts the contributions made to the development of the late medieval English economy by enterprise, money, and credit... Læs mere