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The anarchy, the relentless rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple ; maps and illustrations, Olivia Fraser

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The anarchy, the relentless rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple ; maps and illustrations, Olivia Fraser

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-496) and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The anarchy

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bibliography

Responsibility statement

William Dalrymple ; maps and illustrations, Olivia Fraser

Sub title

the relentless rise of the East India Company

Summary

In August 1756 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish in his richest provinces a new administration run by English merchants who collected taxes through means of a ruthless private army--what we would now call an act of involuntary privatization. The East India Company's founding charter authorized it to "wage war" and it had always used violence to gain its ends"--Jacket flap

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Relentless rise of the East India Company

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