The Anarchy

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Item: The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
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by William Dalrymple

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ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal and NPR

The epic story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results of the corporation running a country.

In August 1765, the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and set up, in his stead, a government run by English traders who collected taxes through means of a private army. Over the course of the next 47 years, the company's reach grew until almost all of India south of Delhi was essentially ruled from a boardroom in the city of London.

The Anarchy tells one of history's most remarkable stories: how the Mughal Empire-which dominated world trade and manufacturing and possessed almost unlimited resources-fell apart and was replaced by a multinational corporation answerable only to shareholders, most of whom had never even seen India and had no idea about the country whose wealth provided their dividends. Using previously untapped sources, William Dalrymple provides a devastating portrait of the brutality that results when a company becomes a colonial power.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:163557580X

ISBN13:9781635575804

Release Date:January 2022

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing

Length:576 Pages

Weight:1.65 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 5.8" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

British Empire Human Rights Violations Imperialism Political Corruption Resistance Movements Power Struggles Business Business & Investing

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Published by RidgewoodMom , 1 year ago

I read this a few years ago part of a book club read, but I borrowed the book from the library. There is so much information in this book, that I need to reread it and make lots and lots of notes.

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