Social History of the Towns in India established by the English East India Company: Historical Sources

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370861
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: MARIKO MIZUI 九州工業大学, 教養教育院, 教授 (90336090)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: インド植民都市 / 東インド会社 / 女性 / 社会史 / 史料研究

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project explored the towns in India which originally established by the English East India Company. As the women in those towns are the key of this project, two books were published during the 3 years' period. In these books, the issue that the East India Company acted as the manor lord for those towns had the clear plan for the emigration of women from Britain is argued. As the result of the argument, it appears that it is important to relate the Company's role and its plan to those of the British colonial government in the later period. This may also be able to make it clear the process of constructing the British Empire.

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