"Patronage, Political Great Britain History 18th century." . . "Patronage, Political History 18th century Biography Great Britain." . . "Patronage." . . "East India Company Joint Chiefs of Staff Florence History Biography Constitution." . . "Geschichte 1675-1780" . . "Geschichte 1675-1780." . "Schotland." . . "Großbritannien." . . "East India Company" . . "East India Company." . "Geschichte 1700-1800" . . "HISTORY." . . "Patronage, Political" . . "England." . . "Polítics Escòcia." . . "Schottland." . . "Electronic books." . . "Electronic books" . "Clientélisme Grande-Bretagne 18e siècle." . . . . "Kooperation." . . "Oost-Azië" . . "East India Company." . . . . "East India patronage and the British state the Scottish elite and politics in the eighteenth century"@en . "East India patronage and the British state the Scottish elite and politics in the eighteenth century" . . . "The Act of Union in 1707 brought with it a new 'Great Britain'. How did the English bind the Scottish elites to the new British State, ensuring the stability of this new power in the face of possible Jacobite and international threat? From 1725 a patronage system existed in Britain enabling government ministries to use posts in the East India Company and its shipping to secure political majorities in Scotland and Westminster. Scots went to India as Company servants, ships' crews, soldiers and free-merchants, bringing back exceptional wealth to a land starved of money and providing for commerci."@en . "Livres électroniques" . "East India patronage and the British state : the Scottish elite and politics in the eighteenth century" . "East India patronage and the British state : the Scottish elite and politics in the eighteenth century"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "East India Patronage and the British State the Scottish Elite and Politics in the Eighteenth Century"@en . . "History"@en . . "History" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . "Great Britain" . . "East India Company (London)" . . "1700 - 1799" . .