Examines how and why the East India Company was transformed from a commercial trading company to an institution of government, and then abolished.

Introduction: The End of the East India Company, the Historians and the Evolution of Anglo-Indian Commerce and Politics, 1790-1860
The Origins of the East India Company and the Rise of non-Company Commercial Interests in Britain, India and Asia, 1600-1793
War, Politics and India: The Battle for the East India Company Trade Monopoly, 1793-1813
Accommodating Free Trade: India, the East India Company and the Commercial Revolution of 1814-1830
Crisis and Trade Liberalisation 1830-34: Financial Chaos and the End of the East India Company's Commercial Role and Privileges
Re-ordering Anglo-Asian Commerce and Politics, 1833-47
Crisis, the Resurgence of London and the End of the East India Company, 184 7-60
The Decline of the East India Company and the Evolution of British Commercial and Political Interests in Asia, 1793-1860: A Conclusion.
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