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A review of the book "Matthew Boulton: Selling What All the World Desires," edited by Shena Mason is presented.

JessicaHanser,inhercleverandincisivedisentanglingoftheaffairs of the three George Smiths provides a window into operations of Britain's trade with India and China and some of its great events. Maxine Berg Journal of World History, Volume 32, Number 1, March 2021, pp. 171-173 (Review) Published by University of Hawai'i Press DOI: For additional information about this article [ Access provided at 31 Mar 2021 08:09 GMT from Ebsco Publishing ] https://doi.org/10.1353/jwh.2021.0011 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/785907 readers. Jessica Hanser has an ingenious take on the China trade, the East India Company and the Indian Ocean world through her microhistories of the George Smiths of Madras, Canton and Bombay respectively. [Extracted from the article]

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