The Scandal of Empire

The Scandal of Empire reveals that the conquests and exploitations of the East India Company were critical to England's development in the eighteenth century and beyond. In this powerfully written critique, Nicholas Dirks shows how the empire projected its own scandalous behavior onto India its...

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Main Author NICHOLAS B. DIRKS
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Harvard University Press 30.06.2009
Subjects
18th century
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
Colonization
East India Company
Hastings, Warren, 1732–1818
HISTORY
India
Political corruption
Trials, litigations, etc
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Summary:The Scandal of Empire reveals that the conquests and exploitations of the East India Company were critical to England's development in the eighteenth century and beyond. In this powerfully written critique, Nicholas Dirks shows how the empire projected its own scandalous behavior onto India itself. By returning to the moment when the scandal of empire became acceptable, we gain a new understanding of the modern culture of the colonizer and the colonized and the manifold implications for Britain, India, and the world.
ISBN:0674021665
9780674021662
9780674034266
0674034260