Empire of Influence: The East India Company and the Making of Indirect Rule

ISBN-13: 9781009311731 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Callie (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen) Wilkinson

Opis

An important new account of how the East India Company established a transregional system of indirect rule in nineteenth century India.

Recenzje

'A valuable contribution to our understanding of British rule.' Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal

Spis treści

List of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Chronology; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1. A Time of Trouble; 2. Negotiating the disinformation order; 3. Warfare and 'wanton provocations'; 4. The price of pageantry; 5. Weak ties in a tangled web; 6. Kinship, gender, and dynastic dramas; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.