The Anarchy
byWilliam Dalrymple
Genres: History
The Times History Book of the Year
Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2019
In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.
William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
Language
English
Published on
09/03/2020
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781408864395
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