The twilight of the East India Company: the evolution of Anglo-Asian commerce and politics, 1790-1860

Introduction: the end of the East India Company, the historians and the evolution of Anglo-Indian commerce and politics

The origins of the East India Company and the rise of non-Company commercial interests in Britain, India and Asia, 1600-1793

War, politics and India: the battle for the East India Company trade monopoly, 1793-1813

Accommodating free trade: India, the East India Company and the commercial revolution of 1814-1830

Crisis and trade liberalisation 1830-1834: financial chaos and the end of the East India Company's commercial role and privileges

Re-ordering Anglo-Asian commerce and politics: 1833-1847

Crisis, the resurgence of London and the end of the East India Company: 1847-1860

Conclusion: the decline of the East India Company and the evolution of British commercial and political interests in Asia, 1793-1860.