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The Emergence of British Power in India, 1600-1784: A Grand Strategic Interpretation
G J Bryant
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Outlines the East India's Company's infiltration of India from its inception to the late eighteenth century. Empires have usually been founded by charismatic, egoistic warriors or power-hungry states and peoples, sometimes spurred on by a sense of religious mission. So how was it that the nineteenth-century British Indian Raj was so different? Arising, initially, from the militant policies and actions of a bunch of London merchants chartered as the English East India Company by Queen Elizabeth in 1600, for one hundred and fifty years they had generally pursued apeaceful and thereby profitable trade in the India, recognized by local ... Read more
Outlines the East India's Company's infiltration of India from its inception to the late eighteenth century. Empires have usually been founded by charismatic, egoistic warriors or power-hungry states and peoples, sometimes spurred on by a sense of religious mission. So how was it that the nineteenth-century British Indian Raj was so different? Arising, initially, from the militant policies and actions of a bunch of London merchants chartered as the English East India Company by Queen Elizabeth in 1600, for one hundred and fifty years they had generally pursued apeaceful and thereby profitable trade in the India, recognized by local ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
Number of Pages
372
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838548
SKU
V9781843838548
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99-50
Reviews for The Emergence of British Power in India, 1600-1784: A Grand Strategic Interpretation
Will be essential reading for historians of eighteenth-century India and the British empire, acting as a crucial source book on the twists and turns of British military ambitions and tactics.
ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
Bryant reveals a dense wealth of knowledge about the Company's military operations in the 18th century, and asks important questions about the creation of the ... Read more
ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
Bryant reveals a dense wealth of knowledge about the Company's military operations in the 18th century, and asks important questions about the creation of the ... Read more