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050 1 4 _aDS463
_b.W55 2016
082 0 4 _a954.03
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100 1 _aWilson, Jon E.,
245 1 4 _aThe chaos of empire :
_bthe British Raj and the conquest of India /
_cJon Wilson
246 3 0 _aBritish Raj and the conquest of India
250 _aFirst edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bPublic Affairs,
_c[2016]
264 4 _c©2016
300 _a564 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color), maps ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 505-544) and index
505 0 _aPreface: Facts on the ground -- Society of societies -- Trading with ghosts -- Forgotten wars -- Passion at Plassey -- New systems -- Theatres of anarchy -- The idea of empire -- Fear and trembling -- The making of modern India -- The legalization of India -- The great Depression -- Governments within governments -- Military imperialism and the Indian crowd -- Cycles of violence -- The great delusion
520 _a"Through the stories of administrators, soldiers and subjects, describes how the East India Company went from a trading company to a quasi-imperial government with over a quarter of a million troops, whose high tax on tea helped spark the American Revolution,"--NoveList
650 0 _aBritish
_zIndia
_xHistory
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_yBritish occupation, 1765-1947
651 0 _aIndia
_xCivilization
_xBritish influences
655 7 _aHistory.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01411628
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