Indian society and the making of the British Empire

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'A treat in store for all students of subcontinental history an excellent read for any person interested in recent Indián history.' Tariq Ali, The Guardian
"A masterly work of synthesis and interpretation.' The Times Literary Supplement
A sophisticated and complex explanation for the failure of the indigenous States to resist British imperialism a work of substantial scholarship providing not merely a synthesis of existing material but alsó originál research.' The Times líigher Education Supplement
The last twenty years have seen a proliferation of speciálist scholarship on the period of India's transition to colonialism. This 'volume provides a synthesis of somé of the most important themes to emerge from recent work and seeks in particular to reassess the role of Indians in the politics and economics of early colonialism. It discusses new views of the "decline of the Mughals' and the role of the Indián capitalists in the expansion of the English East India Company's trade... Tovább

Fülszöveg

'A treat in store for all students of subcontinental history an excellent read for any person interested in recent Indián history.' Tariq Ali, The Guardian
"A masterly work of synthesis and interpretation.' The Times Literary Supplement
A sophisticated and complex explanation for the failure of the indigenous States to resist British imperialism a work of substantial scholarship providing not merely a synthesis of existing material but alsó originál research.' The Times líigher Education Supplement
The last twenty years have seen a proliferation of speciálist scholarship on the period of India's transition to colonialism. This 'volume provides a synthesis of somé of the most important themes to emerge from recent work and seeks in particular to reassess the role of Indians in the politics and economics of early colonialism. It discusses new views of the "decline of the Mughals' and the role of the Indián capitalists in the expansion of the English East India Company's trade and úrban settlements. Dr Bayly considers the reasons for the inability of indigenous states to withstand the British, but alsó highlights the relatíve failure of the Company to transform India into a quiescent and profitable colony. Later chapters deal with changes in India's ecology, social organisation and ideologies in the early nineteenth century, and analyse the nature of Indián resistance to colonialism, including the Rebellion of 1857.
Indián society and the making of the British Empire was first published as Volume 2.1 of the New Cambridge History of India.
Cover illustration: Residehts of Calcutta watch the arrival of a British official at Government House. Detail from an engraving by James B. Fraser and Róbert Havell Jnr, 1824.
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