The chaos of empire : the British Raj and the conquest of India / Jon Wilson.
The chaos of empire : the British Raj and the conquest of India / Jon Wilson.
The chaos of empire : the British Raj and the conquest of India / Jon Wilson.
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Publisher
New York : Public Affairs, [2016]
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G 2017/2728
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English
Physical Description
Physical content
564 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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 with...
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New York : Public Affairs, [2016]
Edition
First edition.
Date Published
[2016]
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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.
"The popular image of the British Raj--an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days and torrid nights--chronicled by Forster and Kipling is glamorous, nostalgic, but entirely fictitious. In this dramatic revisionist history, Jon Wilson upends the carefully sanitized image of unity...
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The chaos of empire : the British Raj and the conquest of India / Jon Wilson.
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British Raj and the conquest of India
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-544) and index.
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©2016
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G 2017/2728
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74VKVaQe76lg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaQe76lg
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ISBN
9781610392938
DDC
954.03
MMS ID
991024104419102626
