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The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By William DalrympleWilliam Dalrymple traces how the East India Company acquired sovereign control over India, working from Persian, Urdu, and Company archives. The most thoroughly researched recent account of how a trading company became a conquering state in less than a century.
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📄 576 pages⏱ ~5 hr read📅 2019
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William Dalrymple traces how the East India Company acquired sovereign control over India, working from Persian, Urdu, and Company archives. The most thoroughly researched recent account of how a trading company became a conquering state in less than a century.
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