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This is the history of the East India Company and its enduring legacy as a corporation, dealing in exploitation and violence. The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But it also conquered much of India with its private army and broke open China's markets with opium. The Company’s practices shocked its contemporaries and still reverberate today. This expanded edition explores how the four forces of scale, technology, finance and regulation drove its spectacular rise and fall. This story provides vital lessons on both the role of corporations in world history and the steps required to make global business accountable today. The English East India Company was the mother of the modern multinational. Its trading empire encircled the globe, importing Asian luxuries such as spices, textiles and teas. But the Company’s takeover of much of India was achieved by force and fraud; in China, the battering ram was opium. The East India Company’s corruption and violence shocked its contemporaries and still reverberates today. The Corporation That Changed the World is the first book to examine the Company’s enduring legacy as a corporation. It uncovers the factors that drove it to excess and eventual collapse. This expanded edition looks at recent activist and cultural responses to the Company in China and India, and the corporate reform agenda in light of the economic crisis. In his account of the Company's story Robins highlights enduring lessons on how to make global business accountable. This will be vital reading for students and academics in economics and history. The English East India Company Was The Mother Of The Modern Multinational. Established In 1600, Its Trading Empire Encircled The Globe, Creating A Lifestyle Revolution. The Company's Practices Shocked Its Contemporaries And Still Reverberate Today. This Book Explores The Company's Enduring Global Legacy. It Investigates How The Company's Spectacular Rise And Fall Were Driven By The Four Forces Of Finance, Technology, Monopoly And Regulation. 1.the Hidden Wound -- 2.this Imperious Company -- 3.out Of The Shadows -- 4.the Bengal Revolution -- 5.the Great East Indian Crash -- 6.regulating The Company -- 7.justice Will Be Done -- 8.the Toxic Exchange -- 9.a Skulking Power -- 10.unfinished Business. Nick Robins. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 245-250) And Index. This is a popular history of one of the world's most famous companies. Founded in 1600, the East India Company was the forerunner of the modern multinational. Starting life as a trader in Asian spices, the Company ended its days running Britain's Indian empire. In the process, it shocked its contemporaries with the scale of its violence, corruption and speculation. This is the first-ever book to expose the Company's social record. Robins reveals a hidden story of tragedy and intrigue. War, famine, stock-market bubbles and even duels between rival executives are all to be found in this new account. For Robins, the Company's legacy provides compelling lessons on how to ensure the accountability of today's global business. This is the dark history of the original multinational company