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The Rise of the East India Company Is Not a Cautionary Tale about Corporate Power
The American edition sports the provocative subtitle, “The East India Company ... economics — opportunism by a company agent, in this case Clive of India. The “anarchy” in the book ...
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How the East India Company became the world’s most powerful business
Mughal emperor Shah Alam II grants Robert Clive, leader of the East India Company’s army, the ability to collect taxes in Bengal. Photograph by Hulton Archive, Getty The East India Company’s ...
The Conversation8y
Taboo: the East India Company and the true horrors of empire
Andrea Major receives funding from Arts and Humanities Research Council. “When you left London the East India Company was a trading company,” Tom Hardy’s troubled anti-hero James Delaney is ...
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Historical Epic Bestseller ‘The Anarchy’, About Rise Of East India Company, Set For Major TV Adaptation With India’s Siddharth Roy Kapur
Released in 2019, the book encompasses more than 200 years, covering how the infamous East India Company rose to prominence against the decline and fall of the storied Mughal Empire. It provides a ...