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Book SynopsisOm Prakash reveals the central role played by Bengal in the Dutch East India Company's activities in India in the seventeenth and the early eighteenth century and the resulting integration of India into the world economy. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available
Table of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. v*LIST OF TABLES, pg. vii*LIST OF FIGURES, pg. ix*ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, pg. xi*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. xii*INTRODUCTION, pg. 1*1. The Company in Asian Trade, pg. 9*2. The Company in Bengal: The Politics of Trade, pg. 24*3. The Bengal Trade: Long-Term Trends, pg. 53*4. The Commercial Organisation, pg. 90*5. Intra-Asian Trade (I): Japan, pg. 118*6. Intra-Asian Trade (II): Indonesian Archipelago, Coastal Trade, and Persia, pg. 142*7. The Trade with Europe, pg. 183*8. The Company and the Economy, pg. 221*9. Conclusion, pg. 257*Appendix, pg. 262*Glossary, pg. 267*Bibliography, pg. 271*Index, pg. 283
