Inglorious empire : what the British did to India /

Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe'...

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Prif Awdur: Tharoor, Shashi 1956-
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Iaith:English
Cyhoeddwyd: London : Penguin, 2017
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Tabl Cynhwysion:
  • Chronology
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • The Looting of India
  • Did the British Give India Political Unity?
  • Democracy, the Press, the Parliamentary System and the Rule of Law
  • Divide Et Impera
  • The Myth of the Enlightened Despotism
  • The Remaining Case for Empire
  • The (Im)Balance Sheet: A Coda
  • The Messy Afterlife of Colonialism
  • Notes and References
  • Bibliography
  • Index.