The Corporations That Built British Colonialism - Dr. Philip J. Stern

What roles did public and private power take in the creation of the British Empire? Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus welcome Dr. Philip J. Stern to discuss four centuries of corporate power fueling British colonialism and attempt to answer the deceptively simple question, “What is a corporation?” Everything 2 Complicated 4 History at 2c4hpod.com Relevant Links: Empire, Incorporated: The Corporations That Built British Colonialism - https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674988125 The English East India Company at the Height of Mughal Expansion: A Soldier’s Diary of the 1689 Siege of Bombay, with Related Documents - https://cmrs.trinity.duke.edu/books/english-east-india-company-height-mughal-expansion-soldiers-diary-1689-siege-bombay-related The Company-State: Corporate Sovereignty and the Early Modern Foundations of the British Empire in India - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-company-state-9780195393736?cc=us&lang=en& British East India Company - https://www.britannica.com/money/topic/East-India-Company Frederic William Maitland - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-William-Maitland The Virginia Company - https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/virginia-company-of-london/ Newgate Prison - https://www.historic-uk.com/DestinationsUK/Newgate-Prison/ Royal Niger Company - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Royal-Niger-Company Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan - https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/hobbess-leviathan Philip J. Stern at Duke University - https://scholars.duke.edu/person/philip.stern To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices