02953nam 2200709 a 450 991096193930332120230828234832.09780674034266067403426010.4159/9780674034266(CKB)2560000000055522(StDuBDS)AH23050670(SSID)ssj0000487238(PQKBManifestationID)12141933(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487238(PQKBWorkID)10442911(PQKB)11038035(MiAaPQ)EBC3300885(DE-B1597)457598(OCoLC)1013955139(OCoLC)1029812305(OCoLC)1032678414(OCoLC)1037975303(OCoLC)1041974691(OCoLC)1046612645(OCoLC)1046996125(OCoLC)704549960(OCoLC)979578088(DE-B1597)9780674034266(Au-PeEL)EBL3300885(CaPaEBR)ebr10442288(OCoLC)923117898(Perlego)1147296(EXLCZ)99256000000005552220051102d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe scandal of empire India and the creation of imperial Britain /Nicholas B. DirksCambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20061 online resource (xviii, 389 p. )ill., portsOriginally published: 2006.9780674021662 0674021665 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Prologue -- 1. Scandal -- 2. Corruption -- 3. Spectacle -- 4. Economy -- 5. Sovereignty -- 6. State -- 7. History -- 8. Tradition -- 9. Empire -- Notes. Illustration Credits. Index -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- IndexThe Scandal of Empire reveals that the conquests and exploitations of the East India Company were critical to England's development in the eighteenth century and beyond. In this powerfully written critique, Nicholas Dirks shows how the empire projected its own scandalous behavior onto India itself. By returning to the moment when the scandal of empire became acceptable, we gain a new understanding of the modern culture of the colonizer and the colonized and the manifold implications for Britain, India, and the world.Political corruptionIndiaHistory18th centuryIndiaColonizationHistory18th centuryPolitical corruptionHistory954.02/98092MH 14000rvkDirks Nicholas B.1950-766245MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961939303321The scandal of empire4369034UNINA