LEADER 02892nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910810350603321 005 20230828234832.0 010 $a0-674-03426-0 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674034266 035 $a(CKB)2560000000055522 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050670 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000487238 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12141933 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487238 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10442911 035 $a(PQKB)11038035 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300885 035 $a(DE-B1597)457598 035 $a(OCoLC)1013955139 035 $a(OCoLC)1029812305 035 $a(OCoLC)1032678414 035 $a(OCoLC)1037975303 035 $a(OCoLC)1041974691 035 $a(OCoLC)1046612645 035 $a(OCoLC)1046996125 035 $a(OCoLC)704549960 035 $a(OCoLC)979578088 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674034266 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300885 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10442288 035 $a(OCoLC)923117898 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000055522 100 $a20051102d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe scandal of empire$b[electronic resource] $eIndia and the creation of imperial Britain /$fNicholas B. Dirks 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 389 p. )$cill., ports 300 $aOriginally published: 2006. 311 $a0-674-02166-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tPreface -- $tPrologue -- $t1. Scandal -- $t2. Corruption -- $t3. Spectacle -- $t4. Economy -- $t5. Sovereignty -- $t6. State -- $t7. History -- $t8. Tradition -- $t9. Empire -- $tNotes. Illustration Credits. Index -- $tNotes -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aPolitical corruption$zIndia$xHistory$y18th century 607 $aIndia$xColonization$xHistory$y18th century 615 0$aPolitical corruption$xHistory 676 $a954.02/98092 686 $aMH 14000$2rvk 700 $aDirks$b Nicholas B.$f1950-$0766245 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810350603321 996 $aThe scandal of empire$94032835 997 $aUNINA