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Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-
Subjects
Imperialism -- History.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India.
India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-
Imperialism -- History.
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India.
India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
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Inglorious empire :
what
the
British
did
to
India
/ Shashi Tharoor.
by
Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-
Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2017.
Call #:
954.03 T367i
Subjects
Imperialism -- History.
India
-- History --
British
occupation, 1765-1947.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations --
India
.
India
-- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
ISBN:
9781849048088 (hc.)
Alternate title:
What
the
British
did
to
India
Description:
xxix, 295 pages ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: Delhi : Aleph Book Company, 2016 with title: Era of darkness : the
British
Empire in
India
.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-288) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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 demonstrates 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. Shashi Tharoor is a Congress Party MP in
India
"--Provided by publisher.
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