| Revenue and Reform: The Indian Problem in British Politics 1757 1773 Contributor(s): Bowen, H. V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521890810 ISBN-13: 9780521890816 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $51.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: Revenue and Reform offers a reappraisal of British imperial politics in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. It is traditional to regard the 1760s as a time when British politicians were preoccupied with the crises that eventually led to the outbreak of the American War of Independence. In this book, however, it is the Indian problem that is examined. Politicians struggled to come to terms with the East India Company's unexpected acquisition of territory and great wealth in Bengal, and they endeavored to formulate policy related to many new and unfamiliar issues. New light is shed on debate about revenue collection, territorial rights, diplomacy, justice, and administrative reform in order to illustrate the central theme of the book: the gradual and reluctant assumption of responsibility by ministers for the Indian empire. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 954.029 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.12" W x 9.14" (0.81 lbs) 220 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |