Inglorious Empire - Shashi Tharoor - Music - TANTOR AUDIO - 9798200395941 - November 20, 2018
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Inglorious Empire

Shashi Tharoor

Inglorious Empire

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 cannons, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalized racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial gift--from the railways to the rule of law--was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialization and the destruction of its textile industry. In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain's stained Indian legacy.

Media Music     CD   (Compact Disc)
Number of discs 1
Released November 20, 2018
ISBN13 9798200395941
Label TANTOR AUDIO
Dimensions 150 g   (Weight (estimated))

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