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Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth-Century India: The British in Bengal - Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society Travers, Robert (Cornell University, New York)
Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth-Century India: The British in Bengal - Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
Travers, Robert (Cornell University, New York)
A groundbreaking analysis of the construction of the British Empire in late eighteenth-century India. After the conquest of Bengal, Britons confronted the anomaly of a European trading company acting as an Indian ruler, and tried to build their authority on the basis of an 'ancient constitution', from the Mughal Empire.
292 pages, 1 map
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | April 19, 2007 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521861458 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 294 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 21 mm · 617 g |
| Language | English |