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Dirks, Nicholas B.

The scandal of empire : India and the creation of imperial Britain / Nicholas B. Dirks. - New Delhi : Permanent Black, 2006. - xviii, 389 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliography and index.

Prologue --
1. Scandal --
2. Corruption --
3. Spectacle --
4. Economy --
5. Sovereignty --
6. State --
7. History --
8. Tradition --
9. 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.

ISBN: 8178241757 (hbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
18th century.
Colonization.
History.
Political corruption.
East India Company.

Dewey Class. No.: 954.0298 DIR