The Anarchy The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple

eBook - 2019

Finalist for the Cundill History PrizeONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEARNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR "Superb ... A vivid and richly detailed story ... worth reading by everyone." -The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the bestselling author of Return of a King, the story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army. The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to... be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international...

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Published
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Main Author
William Dalrymple
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File Size99 GB
ISBN9781635574333
Release Date9/10/2019
Kindle Book
ASINB07W952J1F
Release Date9/10/2019
OverDrive Read eBook
ISBN9781635574333
Release Date9/10/2019