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Merchant kings : when companies ruled the world, 1600-1900  Cover Image Book Book

Merchant kings : when companies ruled the world, 1600-1900 / Stephen R. Bown.

Bown, Stephen R. (Author).

Summary:

Tells the story of six larger than life men who between 1600 and 1900 founded the world's greatest monopoly trading corporations: Dutch East India Company; Dutch West India Company; English East India Company; Russian American Company; Hudson's Bay Company; British South Africa Company.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1553653424
  • ISBN: 9781553653424 :
  • Physical Description: 314 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subject: Colonial companies > History.
Merchants > Europe > Biography.
Monopolies > Europe > History.
Monopolies > History.
International business enterprises > History.
International trade > History.
Europe > Commerce > History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Salt Spring Island Public Library 382.09 BOW (Text) 33123009068215 Non-fiction Volume hold Available -


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