The chaos of empire : the British Raj and the conquest of India / Jon Wilson.
"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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Public Affairs,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | 564 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
| Variant Title: |
British Raj and the conquest of India |
| Format: | Book |
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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