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The chaos of empire : the British Raj and the conquest of India / Jon Wilson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, Public Affairs, ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: 564 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1610392930
  • 9781610392938
Other title:
  • British Raj and the conquest of India
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • ARCH FRBC 954.03 W746C
LOC classification:
  • DS463 .W55 2016
  • DS463 .W55 2016
Contents:
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
Summary: "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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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 954.03 W746C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 067141

Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-544) and index

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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