Inglorious empire : what the British did to India
Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-2017
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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 takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating 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. In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain’s stained Indian legacy.
Main title:
Inglorious empire : what the British did to India / Shashi Tharoor.
Author:
Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-, author
Imprint:
Brunswick, Victoria Scribe Publications, 2017.©2016
Collation:
xxix, 294 pages ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published as 'An era of darkness: the British Empire in India'. New Delhi : Aleph Book Company, 2016.Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
ISBN:
9781925322576
Dewey class:
954.03
Language:
English
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Subject:
East India Company -- HistoryEast India Company (Holdings) -- HistoryDeindustrialization -- India -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryImperialismDeindustrialization -- India -- HistoryIndia -- Social conditions -- 21st centuryIndia -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainIndia -- Politics and government -- 1765-1947India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- IndiaIndia -- Social conditions -- 20th century
BRN:
10818