Human capital and empire

Human capital and empireAuthor: Andrew Mackillop ISBN: 9780719070730 Publisher: Manchester University Press Year first published: 01 May 2023 Pages: 344 Format: Paperback softback Human capital and empire compares the role of Scots, Irish and Welsh within the English East India Company between c. 1690 and c. 1820. It focuses on why the three groups developed such distinctive and different profiles within the corporation and its wider colonial activities in Asia. Besides

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