Problems of Empire: Britain and India, 1757-1813

by Prof. P. J. Marshall and Peter James Marshall

Book Overview

This book, first published in 1968, is a study of the impact made on Britain by the conquest of large parts of India in the second half of the eighteenth century. The sudden success of the East India Company in subjugating a vast population with a sophisticated civilization created problems of an unprecedented kind for Britain. It raised in an acute form questions about the scope and limits of state action, the rights of chartered bodies, the duties...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815358911
• ISBN13: 9780815358916
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"