000			01525 a2200181 4500
999			_c32134 _d32134
020			_a9781849048088
082			_a954.03 TH IN
100			_aTharoor, Shashi, _d1956- _98558
245			_aInglorious empire : _bwhat the British did to India _cShashi Tharoor
260			_aLondon : _bHurst & Co. Publ. Ltd., _c2017.
300			_axxix, 295 p. _c22 cm.
520			_aIn the eighteenth century, India's share of the world economy was as large as Europe's. By 1947, after two centuries of British rule, it had decreased six-fold. Beyond conquest and deception, the Empire blew rebels from a cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalized racism, and caused millions to die from starvation. British imperialism justified itself as enlightened despotism for the benefit of the governed, but Shashi Tharoor takes on and demolishes this position, demonstrating how every supposed imperial 'gift' - from the railways to the rule of law - was designed in Britain's interests alone. He goes on to show how Britain's Industrial Revolution was founded on India's deindustrialization and the destruction of its textile industry. In this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain's stained Indian legacy.
650			_aImperialism _98559
650			_aImperialism _xHistory _vIndia _yBritish occupation, 1765-1947 _916883
650			_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _v India _916884
650			_aDiplomatic relations _98562