Land, Law and Empire
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The Origins of British Territorial Power in India
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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In this innovative exploration of British rule in India, John Marriott tackles one of the most significant and unanswered questions surrounding the East India Company's success. How and when was an English joint stock company with trading interests in the East Indies transformed into a fully-fledged colonial power with control over large swathes of the Indian subcontinent? The answer, Marriott argues, is to be found much earlier than traditionally acknowledged, in the territorial acquisitions of the seventeenth century secured by small coteries of English factors. Bringing together aspects of cultural, legal and economic theory, he demonstrates the role played by land in the assembly of sovereign power, and how English discourses of land and judicial authority confronted the traditions of indigenous peoples and rival colonial authorities. By 1700, the Company had established the sites of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, providing the practical foothold for further expansion.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2025-08-07
- Mått229 x 152 x 20 mm
- Vikt465 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor320
- FörlagCambridge University Press
- ISBN9781009602082