Description: Historians typically regard the British Empire as a state project aided by corporations. Philip Stern turns this view on its head, arguing that corporations drove colonial expansion and governance, creating an overlap between sovereign and commercial power that continues to shape the relationship between nations and corporations to this day.
Brief description: Philip J. Stern is a historian of the British Empire and the author of the award-winning book The Company-State. He is Professor of History at Duke University.
Review Quotes: Stern has written the most important book on the history of the company in the English-speaking world in over a century. Empire, Incorporated is a gift for historians and general readers alike. Lawyers and investment bankers--always looking for the next clever idea to structure a deal or a new commercial entity--will delight in all the examples this book provides, and profit from the cautionary tales that abound.--Paul Halliday, author of Habeas Corpus: From England to Empire