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SUMMARY:Why was the East India Company interested in land?
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DESCRIPTION:When historians have talked of British territorial power in In
 dia it was almost always to the experience of eighteenth century they refe
 rred. For good reason. That was\, after all\, when the Raj annexed vast sw
 athes of the subcontinent. I suspect that the foundations had been laid ea
 rlier. And yet the historical problems were evident enough. How was it pos
 sible for the East India Company – a private joint-stock trading company
  – to become a fully-fledged colonial power\, particularly when faced wi
 th the might of the Mughal empire and rival European powers\, notably Port
 ugal and the Netherlands? Despite the legitimation in its founding charter
  of 1600\, it soon becomes apparent that the company could not simply take
  land into its possession. Legally\, its actions were defined by the tradi
 tion of English Common Law and the Law of Nations\, a shared legal code wh
 ich set the boundaries to European exploitation of overseas territories. F
 urthermore\, there were interrelated political\, economic\, military and c
 ultural problems that had to be addressed. In this seminar\, I hope to ref
 lect critically on some of these concerns.\n\nVisiting Fellow at Kellogg C
 ollege with a long-standing interest in the nexus between London and India
  which has resulted in a number of publications.
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LOCATION:St Antony's College - Pavilion Room\, Pavilion Room St Antony's C
 ollege 62 Woodstock Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6JF United Kingdom
SPEAKER:John Marriott (Oxford)
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