Author:
Bown, Stephen R.
Edition Statement:1st u.s. ed.
Imprint:New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2010.
Description314 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:The age of heroic commerce -- First among equals : Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Dutch East India Company -- Divided loyalties : Pieter Stuyvesant and the Dutch West India Company -- Companies at war : Sir Robert Clive and the English East India Company -- The lord of Alaska : Aleksandr Baranov and the Russian American Company -- Empire of the beaver : Sir George Simpson and the Hudson's Bay Company -- Diamonds and deceit : Cecil John Rhodes and the British South Africa Company -- When companies ruled the world.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
