From the Book - First edition.
The factory, 1615-1757 : An 'extreamlie unkind' decision ; The 'incumberances' ; 'A college, monasterie...a house under religious orders' ; A saint and a 'mistris' and Madras ; The 'debauched' ladies of Bombay ; Feathering their nests ; When east meets west
The age of the nabobs, 1757-1805 : Fishing fleets ; A city of palaces ; Passages to India ; The merchant princes in retreat
The age of improvement, 1805-1856 : 'In search of the picturesque' ; Burdens of empire ; Pilgrims in petticoats : the evangelicals ; Of clay and porcelain ; 'For the quiet of his mind and the good of his soul'.
