Description: Inglorious EmpireWhat the British Did to India Author(s): Shashi Tharoor Format: Hardback Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom Imprint: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd ISBN-13: 9781849048088, 978-1849048088 Synopsis ***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*** 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.
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Book Title: Inglorious Empire
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LTD
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: History
Item Height: 216 mm
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India
Type: Textbook
Author: Shashi Tharoor
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Hardcover
