Revenue and reform : the Indian problem in British politics, 1757-1773 / H.V. Bowen
1991, 1st edition. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good, slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #417579
ISBN: 0521403162
Physical description; (xi, 204 pages). Contents; Machine derived contents note: List of tables -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Traders into sovereigns: the East India Company, 1757-1765 -- 2. Perceptions of empire -- 3. The policy-makers: Parliament and the East India Company -- 4. Crown and Company (I): the Diwani and the inquiry of 1767 -- 5. Crown and Company (II): foreign relations, 1766-1769 -- 6. Attempts at reform (I): civil, military, and judicial affairs, 1767-1772 -- 7. Attempts at reform (II): trade and revenue, 1767-1772 -- 8. The East India Company crisis of 1772 -- 9. Response to crisis (I): high politics and the committees of inquiry, 1772-1773 -- 10. Response to crisis (II): trade, finance, and reform -- 11. The final act? the passage of Lord North's East India legislation, 1773 -- Conclusion -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects; East India Company History 18th century. East India Company. East India Company, 1600-1858 History 18th century. Great Britain - Politics and government - 1760-1789. Politics and government. East India Company (Great Britain) History 18th century. Imperialism History 18th century. British India History 18th century. India History 19th Century. India History 20th Century.
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