Why read Human Capital and Empire?

Book cover of Human Capital and Empire: Scotland, Ireland, Wales and British Imperialism in Asia, C.1690-C.1820

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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…

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Murray Pittock

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Andrew Mackillop’s Human Capital and Empire is in the words of the song ‘simply the best’ history of the relationship of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales to the East India Company and its patronage and financial networks.

Based on hugely ambitious primary research, Mackillop provides a detailed, stylish, and inspirational read that tracks to ground the sources for the transformative injections of capital into the Scottish and other economies from India in 1775-1820. These helped to make Scotland—broadly speaking—as well off as England and paved the way for the technology investments in steam and speed which helped to quadruple world trade…

From Murray's 3 favorite reads in 2023.