The Scandal of Empire : India and the Creation of Imperial Britain.

By:

Dirks, Nicholas B

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780674034266

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Scandal of EmpireDDC classification:

954.02/98092

LOC classification:

DS473

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Map of India, 1792 -- Prologue -- 1. Scandal -- 2. Corruption -- 3. Spectacle -- 4. Economy -- 5. Sovereignty -- 6. State -- 7. History -- 8. Tradition -- 9. Empire -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- Index.

Summary: The Scandal of Empire reveals that the conquests and exploitations of the East India Company were critical to England's development in the eighteenth century and beyond. In this powerfully written critique, Nicholas Dirks shows how the empire projected its own scandalous behavior onto India itself.

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The Scandal of Empire reveals that the conquests and exploitations of the East India Company were critical to England's development in the eighteenth century and beyond. In this powerfully written critique, Nicholas Dirks shows how the empire projected its own scandalous behavior onto India itself.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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