ISBN:
1849048088
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9781849048088
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
xxix, 295 Seiten
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23 cm
Suppl.:
Rezensiert in Gottlob, Michael, 1950 - [Rezension von: Shashi Tharoor, Inglorious empire - what the British did to India] Heidelberg : CrossAsia-eJournals, 2018
Originaltitel:
An era of darkness
DDC:
954.03
Schlagwort(e):
Imperialism
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Imperialism
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Deindustrialization
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Deindustrialization
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East India Company
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India
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India
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India
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India History British occupation, 1765-1947
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Great Britain Foreign relations
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India Foreign relations
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India History
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British occupation, 1765-1947
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Great Britain Foreign relations
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India
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India Foreign relations
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Great Britain
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Großbritannien
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Britisch-Indien
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Außenpolitik
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Kolonialismus
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Geschichte 1765-1947
Kurzfassung:
Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial "gift" - from the railways to the rule of law -was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry
Anmerkung:
"First published under the title An Era of Darkness: the British Empire in India in 2016 by Aleph Book Company" - Impressum
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