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Publisher | BLOOMSBURRY |
ISBN-13 | 9781526656520 |
ISBN-10 | 9781526656520 |
Binding | Paperback |
Number of Pages | 576 Pages |
Language | (English) |
Dimensions (Cms) | 25.4 x 20.3 x 4.7 |
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.
William Dalrymple
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