Inglorious Empire

Inglorious Empire

Author: Shashi Tharoor

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 2018-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780141987149

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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's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial "gift" - from the railways to the rule of law -was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry.


On the Practicability of an Invasion of British India

On the Practicability of an Invasion of British India

Author: George Lacy De Evans

Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press

Published: 2018-10-20

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780343860134

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British India (1896)

British India (1896)

Author: Robert Watson Frazer

Publisher:

Published: 2008-06-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781436793087

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On the Practicability of an Invasion of British India

On the Practicability of an Invasion of British India

Author: George Lacy De Evans

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781293898796

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On the Practicability of an Invasion of British India

On the Practicability of an Invasion of British India

Author: De Lacy Evans

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-05-20

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 9780259971580

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Excerpt from On the Practicability of an Invasion of British India: And on the Commercial and Financial Prospects and Resources of the Empire In the French Budget for the present year We find that an army of nearly men, or '(adding the different establishments similar to those which are probably included in the Russian statement) say 300, 000 men, costs 190, 000 000 of francs, or about 8, 000, 0001. Sterling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.