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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
PublicAffairs,
[2016]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of 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.
