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A Business of State

Commerce, Politics, and the Birth of the East India Company

Rupali Mishra

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ISBN 9780674984561

Publication Date: 05/07/2018

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432 pages

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Rupali Mishra is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Auburn University.

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