Chartering capitalism organizing markets, states, and publics /

• Other Authors: Erikson, Emily
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2015.
• Series: Political power and social theory ; v. 29.
• Subjects: Political Science > History & Theory.; Social Science > Sociology > General.; Social theory.; Capitalism > Europe.; Commercial associations > Europe.

Chartered companies, the organizational precursors to modern multinationals, acted as the primary vehicles behind the expansion of European political and economic hegemony, and were thus central to the creation of modern global political and economic institutions, and international trade and relatio...