Corporate Sovereigns and the Emergence of State Sovereignty: A Closer Look at the East India Company

A new data collection has made it possible to reveal the self-sovereignty of the English East India Trading Company that produced a company-state and challenged the English state, facilitating a concentration of sovereign power in response. This article is part of ProMarket’s history series. You can read all of the pieces in the series here. By … Continue reading Corporate Sovereigns and the Emergence of State Sovereignty: A Closer Look at the East India Company