Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

by Shashi Tharoor

Book Overview

In the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised racism, and caused millions to die from starvation.

British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947534300
• ISBN13: 9781947534308
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Scribe Us
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Where is my book by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, " The Inglorious Empire? Have been waiting on it for weeks now!! Very disappointed.