Human capital and empire compares the role of Scots, Irish and Welsh within the English East India Company between c. 1690 and c. 1820. It focuses on why the three groups developed such distinctive and different profiles within the corporation and its wider colonial activities in Asia. Besides contributing to the national histories of Scotland, Ireland and Wales, it uses these societies to ask how 'poorer' regions of Europe participated in global empire. The chapters cover involvement in the Company's administrative, military, medical, maritime and private trade activities. The analysis conceives of sojourning to Asia as a cycle of human capital, with human mobility used to access a key sector of world trade. As well as providing essential new statistical information on Irish, Scottish and Welsh participation, it makes a significant contribution to ongoing debates on the legacies of empire.

About the Author
Andrew Mackillop is a Senior Lecturer in Scottish History at the University of Glasgow


Book Information
ISBN 9780719070730
Author Andrew Mackillop
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Weight(grams) 485g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 18mm