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The East India Company : a history / by Brian Gardner
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TextPublication details: New York, Dorset Press, ©1971Description: 319 pages : maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 0880295309
- 9780880295307
- 954.031
- DS465 .G34 1990
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Summary: The East India company - there has never been an enterprise like it. It ruled over nearly one-fifth of the world's population; possessed its own army and navy, its own civil service, even its own church; became the most powerful military force in Asia, and had a revenue greater than that of Britain. It was in Brian Gardener's words, "a government owned by businessmen, the shares in which were daily bought and sold." -- Book Jacket (inside flap)
Part 1. Acquisition of India. The spice of the lands -- The carnatic -- Prelude to the conquest -- The conquest of Bengal -- the age of Clive -- The age of Warren Hastings -- The victories of Eyre Coote -- Cornwallis -- The Wellesleys. Part 2. Rule of India. The age of raffles -- Servants of the company -- The age of reform -- Beyond the Sutlej -- The Lawrences -- The age of Dalhousie -- The storm clouds -- The great revolt -- Death of the company
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Reprint. Originally published: London : Hart-Davis, 1971
Includes bibliographical references (pages 13-14) and index
Part 1. Acquisition of India. The spice of the lands -- The carnatic -- Prelude to the conquest -- The conquest of Bengal -- the age of Clive -- The age of Warren Hastings -- The victories of Eyre Coote -- Cornwallis -- The Wellesleys. Part 2. Rule of India. The age of raffles -- Servants of the company -- The age of reform -- Beyond the Sutlej -- The Lawrences -- The age of Dalhousie -- The storm clouds -- The great revolt -- Death of the company
The East India company - there has never been an enterprise like it. It ruled over nearly one-fifth of the world's population; possessed its own army and navy, its own civil service, even its own church; became the most powerful military force in Asia, and had a revenue greater than that of Britain. It was in Brian Gardener's words, "a government owned by businessmen, the shares in which were daily bought and sold." -- Book Jacket (inside flap)
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