Inglorious empire : what the British did to India
Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-2018
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In the 18th 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.
Main title:
Inglorious empire : what the British did to India / Shashi Tharoor.
Author:
Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-, author
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Imprint:
London, England : Penguin Books, 2017 ©2016
Collation:
xxvii, 295 pages ; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: as An era of darkness. New Delhi: Aleph, 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780141987149 (paperback)
Dewey class:
954.03954.03 THA
Local class:
HI.1.02 THA954.03
Language:
English
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BRN:
2615867