The East India Company and Religion, 1698-1858

by Penelope Carson

This wide-ranging book charts how the East India Company grappled with religious issues in its multi-faith empire, putting them into the context of pressures exerted both in Britain and on the subcontinent, from the Company's early mercantile beginnings to the bloody end of its rule in 1858. The story of how the Company dealt with the fact that it was a Christian Company, trying to be equitable to the different faiths it found in India, has resonances...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843837323
• ISBN13: 9781843837329
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 291 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.5"