Dalrymple, William

The Anarchy

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ISBN 13:: 9781408864395
author:: Dalrymple, William
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2020
Pages:: 576
Dimensions:: 198mm / 129mm
Genre:: Economics Biographies & True Stories Textbook
Condition:: New
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The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company In 1765, the East India Company's victory over the young Mughal emperor marked a turning point in its history. The Company's founding charter had authorized it to wage war, and it had always used violence to achieve its goals. However, the creation of a new administration in the emperor's richest provinces, run by English merchants with a ruthless private army, marked the beginning of the Company's transformation into an aggressive colonial power. Over the next few decades, the East India Company expanded its reach, training a security force of over 200,000 men and subduing an entire subcontinent. The Company's influence stretched across much of India, with its boardroom in London exerting control over a vast territory. This book tells the story of how one of the world's most magnificent empires disintegrated, and how a private company, based thousands of miles overseas, came to dominate a vast region. The Anarchy is a remarkable account of the East India Company's rise to power and its eventual collapse. It is a story of how a multinational business, answerable only to its distant shareholders, came to rule over a vast territory.

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