M&D/East India Co./Coffee (no spoilers)

[Steve Lindsay]

>On Sun, 4 May 1997, Jeffrey Hildt wrote:
>
>> While searching for a little background info in support of my M&D read
>> (in progress) a simple Web search turned up the East India Company's Web
>> site.  Yes, indeed.  They're still in business folks. And what are they
>> pushing?  Saint Helena (the world's most expensive) coffee!
>> 
>> I urge a visit to:
>> 
>> http://www.theeastindiacompany.com/contents.html
>> 
>> for a brief history of The Company, several pictures of the island, the
>> occasional mention of Clive of India and an essay on the introduction of
>> coffee to 17th c. Europe by E.I.C.
>> 
>
>The Fact that the Web site refers to It as The Company is all too Fitting.
>Altho' I haven't read very far into M&D, I seem to recall a Review (The
>Washington Post, perhaps?) that mentions that the East India Company is
>simply Referr'd to as The Company in TRP's Novel.  Talk about Legacies...
>


Somebody has already mentioned Joe Kane's excellent book _Savages_ on the
Huaorani tribe in Ecuador.  He reports that the Huaorani refer to all the
different oil companies vying for their land as "The Company".  In fact,
they also consider the UN, the Sierra Club, and the US Government to be
parts of "The Company".  They are having a difficult time dealing with The
Company.

mrlinzy