Inglorious empire : what the British did to India

Inglorious empire : what the British did to India / Shashi Tharoor.

"Shashi Tharoor reveals with acuity, impeccable research, and trademark wit, just how disastrous British rule was for India. Besides examining the many ways in which the colonizers exploited India, ranging from the drain of national resources to Britain, the destruction of the Indian textile, s...

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Main Author: Tharoor, Shashi, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Scribe Publicaitons, 2018.
Subjects:
East India Company > History.
Imperialism.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > India.
India > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
India > History > 18th century.
India > History > 19th century.
India > History > 20th century.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • 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 enlightened despotism
  • The remaining case for empire
  • The (im)balance sheet: a coda
  • The messy afterlife of colonialism.

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