
The History of British India Volume 2 is a comprehensive account of the British colonization of India during the 18th and 19th centuries. Written by James Mill, a Scottish historian and philosopher, the book covers the period from the establishment of the East India Company to...

James Mill's three volume History of British India was published from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive sources rather than...