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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple
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The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.

In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army.

The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international corporation transformed into an aggressive colonial power. Over the course of the next 47 years, the company's reach grew until almost all of India south of Delhi was effectively ruled from a boardroom in the city of London.
Format:
Pages:
544 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
Edition:
Illustrated
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1635573955
ISBN13:
9781635573954
kindle Asin:
B07W952J1F

The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire

William Dalrymple
4.20/5 (12202 ratings)
Read Download
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.

In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his place, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army.

The creation of this new government marked the moment that the East India Company ceased to be a conventional company and became something much more unusual: an international corporation transformed into an aggressive colonial power. Over the course of the next 47 years, the company's reach grew until almost all of India south of Delhi was effectively ruled from a boardroom in the city of London.
Format:
Pages:
544 pages
Publication:
2019
Publisher:
Edition:
Illustrated
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1635573955
ISBN13:
9781635573954
kindle Asin:
B07W952J1F

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