How the East Was Won

How the East Was Won
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 662
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ISBN-10 : 9781009064194
ISBN-13 : 1009064193
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis How the East Was Won by : Andrew Phillips

How did upstart outsiders forge vast new empires in early modern Asia, laying the foundations for today's modern mega-states of India and China? In How the East Was Won, Andrew Phillips reveals the crucial parallels uniting the Mughal Empire, the Qing Dynasty and the British Raj. Vastly outnumbered and stigmatised as parvenus, the Mughals and Manchus pioneered similar strategies of cultural statecraft, first to build the multicultural coalitions necessary for conquest, and then to bind the indigenous collaborators needed to subsequently uphold imperial rule. The English East India Company later adapted the same 'define and conquer' and 'define and rule' strategies to carve out the West's biggest colonial empire in Asia. Refuting existing accounts of the 'rise of the West', this book foregrounds the profoundly imitative rather than innovative character of Western colonialism to advance a new explanation of how universal empires arise and endure.

The Anarchy

The Anarchy
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 577
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ISBN-10 : 9781526634016
ISBN-13 : 1526634015
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis The Anarchy by : William Dalrymple

THE TOP 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2020 LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2019 A FINANCIAL TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY TELEGRAPH, WALL STREET JOURNAL AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Dalrymple is a superb historian with a visceral understanding of India ... A book of beauty' – Gerard DeGroot, The Times In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business. William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.

The Business of Empire

The Business of Empire
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 9781139447881
ISBN-13 : 1139447882
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis The Business of Empire by : H. V. Bowen

The Business of Empire assesses the domestic impact of British imperial expansion by analysing what happened in Britain following the East India Company's acquisition of a vast territorial empire in South Asia. Drawing on a mass of hitherto unused material contained in the company's administrative and financial records, the book offers a reconstruction of the inner workings of the company as it made the remarkable transition from business to empire during the late-eighteenth century. H. V. Bowen profiles the company's stockholders and directors and examines how those in London adapted their methods, working practices, and policies to changing circumstances in India. He also explores the company's multifarious interactions with the domestic economy and society, and sheds important new light on its substantial contributions to the development of Britain's imperial state, public finances, military strength, trade and industry. This book will appeal to all those interested in imperial, economic and business history.

The History of British India

The History of British India
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 636
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105010358740
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Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis The History of British India by : James Mill

The East India Company

The East India Company
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages : 44
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ISBN-10 : 1523949554
ISBN-13 : 9781523949557
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The East India Company by : Henry Freeman

The East India Company Founded at the dawn of the 17th century as European nations were establishing global empires, the English East India Company would become a vital part of burgeoning British supremacy. Begun as a joint-stock company for trade with the East Indies, this organization would evolve into one of the world's first capitalistic corporations. Inside you will read about... - Founding of the East India Company - Struggling, Building, and Growing with Violence - The East India Company Enters the 18th Century - The British Government Steps In - China and the Opium Trade - The Nineteenth Century and Growing British Involvement - The End of the East India Company Over the course of their 250+ years, they've built a global trading empire, raised an army and waged war, and conquered vast territory, including the entire subcontinent of India. Without their involvement, the British presence in India would look very different in the historical record. Though the company was dissolved by 1874, their influence on world history cannot be overstated.

Second Memoir on Babylon

Second Memoir on Babylon
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 58
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4903760
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Rating : 4/5 (60 Downloads)

Synopsis Second Memoir on Babylon by : Claudius James Rich

Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon

Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon
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Total Pages : 88
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ISBN-10 : BML:37001101402449
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Rating : 4/5 (49 Downloads)

Synopsis Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon by : Claudius James Rich