Introduction: "a state in the disguise of a merchant" -- "Planting & peopling your colony": building a company-state -- "A sort of republic for the management of trade": the jurisdiction of a company-state -- "A politie of civill and military power": diplomacy, war, and expansion -- "Politicall science and martiall prudence": political thought and political economy -- "The most sure and profitable sort of merchandice": Protestantism and piety -- "Great warrs leave behind them long tales": crisis and response in Asia after 1688 -- "Auspicio regis et senatus Angliae": crisis and response in Britain after 1688 -- "The day of small things": civic governance in the new century -- "A sword in one hand & money in the other": old patterns, new rivals -- Conclusion: "A great and famous superstructure."

1. East India Company -- History
2. Corporations
3. British -- India
4. India -- History -- British occupation
5. 1765-1947