The Chaos of Empire : : the British Raj and the Conquest of India
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Preface: Facts on the ground -- Society of societies -- Trading with ghosts -- Forgotten wars -- Passion at Plassey -- New systems -- Theatres of anarchy -- The idea of empire -- Fear and trembling -- The making of modern India -- The legalization of India -- The great Depression -- Governments within governments -- Military imperialism and the Indian crowd -- Cycles of violence -- The great delusion.
"Through the stories of administrators, soldiers and subjects, describes how the East India Company went from a trading company to a quasi-imperial government with over a quarter of a million troops, whose high tax on tea helped spark the American Revolution,"--NoveList.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Public Affairs, [2016].
Year Published: 2016
Description: 564 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1610392930
9781610392938
SUBJECTS
British -- India -- History.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
India -- British influences.