Book
Merchant kings : when companies ruled the world, 1600-1900
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312616113 (alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0312616112 (alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
print
314 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. - Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The age of heroic commerce -- First among equals : Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Dutch East India Company -- Divided loyalties : Pieter Stuyvesant and the Dutch West India Company -- Companies at war : Sir Robert Clive and the English East India Company -- The lord of Alaska : Aleksandr Baranov and the Russian American Company -- Empire of the beaver : Sir George Simpson and the Hudson's Bay Company -- Diamonds and deceit : Cecil John Rhodes and the British South Africa Company -- When companies ruled the world. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Colonial companies -- History Trading companies -- History International business enterprises -- History Merchants -- Europe -- Biography Europe -- Commerce -- History |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Portage la Prairie Regional Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Portage la Prairie Regional Library | 338.8809 BOW (Text) | 3675000180562 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
