TY - BOOK AU - Nierstrasz,Chris TI - In the shadow of the company: the Dutch East India Company and its' servants in the period of its' decline 1740-1796 T2 - TANAP monographs on the history of Asian-European interaction SN - 9789004235830 AV - HF483 .E6 2012 U1 - 382/.094205 23 CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill. KW - Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie KW - History KW - 18th century KW - Business failures KW - Financial crises KW - Stock companies KW - Indentured servants KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Exports & Imports KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Marketing KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Trade & Tariffs N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Power and Trade -- India, the Fight for Dominance -- Ceylon, a Cinnamon Paradise in Jeopardy -- Monopoly and Private Trade -- Private Trade with Batavia -- Country Trade on the Coromandel Coast -- Profits and Fortunes -- Remuneration and Corruption -- Promotions and Patronage -- Dutch Decline and British Dominance -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - Is there any truth in the story that the morality of the servants of the Dutch East India Company in the eighteenth century was so rotten that one should believe the Dutch maxim ‘Vergaan Onder Corruptie’ – in translation something like ‘Succumbed to Corruption’ – and use this as an explanation for a very complex phenomenon? Chris Nierstrasz introduces us in his In the Shadow of the Company , to the realities of the decision makers and of the servants in the field. Responding to the changing realities in Asia, the Company could only try to use the mercantile potential of its higher echelons to postpone its downfall. In a situation in which the directors were not able to increase investment from Holland, the servants in Asia were forced to take up the challenge UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004235830 ER -