the anarchy

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  • Brand/Author: dalrymple william
  • ISBN 13: 9781408864395
  • Publisher : bloomsbury publishing plc
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Title information Anarchy
Format ?576 pages Pages
Publisher bloomsbury publishing plc
Dimensions (H x W x L) : 198 x 129 x 16 mm
Shipping Wtg Shipping Wtg: 0.540 Kg
Language ENGLISH
ISBN10 ?1635573955
ISBN13 9781408864395
Global Date of Publication 9/3/2020 12:00:00 AM
NBD Audience (Readership) General (US: Trade)
Product Format BC
Country of publication United Kingdom
Book Main Category Colonialism and imperialism
Book Sub Category HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia

finalist for the cundill history prizeone of president barack obama's favorite books of the yearnamed a best book of the year by the wall street journal and npr“superb … a vivid and richly detailed story … worth reading by everyone.

” ?the new york times book reviewfrom the bestselling author of return of a king, 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.

the anarchy tells one of history’s most remarkable stories: how the mughal empire?which dominated world trade and manufacturing and possessed almost unlimited resources?fell apart and was replaced by a multinational corporation based thousands of miles overseas, and answerable to shareholders, most of whom had never even seen india and no idea about the country whose wealth was providing their dividends.

using previously untapped sources, dalrymple tells the story of the east india company as it has never been told before and provides a portrait of the devastating results from the abuse of corporate power.

bronze medal in the 2020 arthur ross book award.

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