ABSTRACT

First published in 2004. The purpose of this reference work is to offer a range of materials covering the history of the East India Company during the two and a half centuries of its existence. Volume 6 includes C. H. Philips' The East India Company, 1784-1834, a classic study first published in 1940, examines the final struggle between the directors of the East India Company and home governments in Britain for ascendancy over management of the company as a state in India.

chapter Chapter I|22 pages

The East India House, 1784–1834

chapter Chapter II|38 pages

The Opposition of the Indian Interest, 1784–88

chapter Chapter III|19 pages

The Ascendancy of Dundas, 1788–94

chapter Chapter IV|38 pages

The Revolt of the Shipping Interest, 1794–1802

chapter Chapter V|34 pages

The Triumph of the Shipping Interest, 1802–06

chapter Chapter VI|29 pages

The India House Divided Against Itself, 1806–12

chapter Chapter VII|29 pages

Buckinghamshire Versus the India House, 1812–16

chapter Chapter VIII|27 pages

Canning's East India Policy, 1816–22

chapter Chapter IX|39 pages

The Failure of the Private Trade Interest, 1822–30

chapter Chapter X|23 pages

The Company's Surkender, 1830–34

chapter Chapter XI|8 pages

Concluding Remarks