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

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

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In August 1765 the East India Company defeated and captured the young Mughal emperor and forced him to set up in his richest provinces a new government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a vast and ruthless private army.0The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional international trading corporation, dealing in silks and spices, and became something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business. In less than half a century it had trained up a private security force of around 260,000 men - twice the size of the British army - and had subdued an entire subcontinent, conquering first Bengal and finally, in 1803, the Mughal capital of Delhi itself. The Company's reach stretched relentlessly until almost all of India south of the Himalayas was effectively ruled from a boardroom in London. 0'The Anarchy' tells the remarkable story of how one of the world's most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company, based thousands of miles overseas and answerable only to its shareholders. In his most ambitious and riveting book to date, William Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power
Language
eng
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Extent
xxxv, 522 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates
Contents
  • 1599
  • An offer he could not refuse
  • Sweeping with the broom of plunder
  • A prince of little capacity
  • Bloodshed and confusion
  • Racked by famine
  • The desolation of Delhi
  • The impeachment of Warren Hastings
  • The corpse of India
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9781408864388
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The anarchy : the relentless rise of the East India Company
Title
The anarchy
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the relentless rise of the East India Company
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William Dalrymple ; [maps and illustrations, Olivia Fraser]
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Author
Illustrator
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Language
eng
Summary
In August 1765 the East India Company defeated and captured the young Mughal emperor and forced him to set up in his richest provinces a new government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a vast and ruthless private army.0The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional international trading corporation, dealing in silks and spices, and became something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business. In less than half a century it had trained up a private security force of around 260,000 men - twice the size of the British army - and had subdued an entire subcontinent, conquering first Bengal and finally, in 1803, the Mughal capital of Delhi itself. The Company's reach stretched relentlessly until almost all of India south of the Himalayas was effectively ruled from a boardroom in London. 0'The Anarchy' tells the remarkable story of how one of the world's most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company, based thousands of miles overseas and answerable only to its shareholders. In his most ambitious and riveting book to date, William Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power
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UKMGB
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Dalrymple, William
Dewey number
954.031
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1965-
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Fraser, Olivia
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  • East India Company
  • International business enterprises
  • International business enterprises
  • British
  • International business enterprises
  • Great Britain
  • India
  • India
  • India
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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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rdacarrier
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Contents
1599 -- An offer he could not refuse -- Sweeping with the broom of plunder -- A prince of little capacity -- Bloodshed and confusion -- Racked by famine -- The desolation of Delhi -- The impeachment of Warren Hastings -- The corpse of India
Control code
000066076038
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xxxv, 522 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781408864388
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
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(OCoLC)1119528073
Label
The anarchy : the relentless rise of the East India Company, William Dalrymple ; [maps and illustrations, Olivia Fraser]
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • cartographic image
  • still image
  • text
Content type code
  • cri
  • sti
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
1599 -- An offer he could not refuse -- Sweeping with the broom of plunder -- A prince of little capacity -- Bloodshed and confusion -- Racked by famine -- The desolation of Delhi -- The impeachment of Warren Hastings -- The corpse of India
Control code
000066076038
Dimensions
25 cm.
Extent
xxxv, 522 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781408864388
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(OCoLC)1119528073

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