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Anglo-Indian Studies (Classic Reprint)

Author : S. M. Mitra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332522590
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Indian Studies (Classic Reprint) written by S. M. Mitra and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-09 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Anglo-Indian Studies My book, "Indian Problems," has not only been well received by the British Press, but has been quoted by Lord Curzon in a Debate in the House of Lords. Among my humble suggestions therein which aroused attention was the granting of the Victoria Cross to members of the Native Army, which was graciously taken into consideration by the King-Emperor, with the result that the much-coveted V.C. is now within the reach of my countrymen. Such circumstances have encouraged me to publish the present volume, "Anglo-Indian Studies." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Anglo-Indian Studies

Author : Siddha Mohana Mitra
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780543613561
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (135 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-Indian Studies written by Siddha Mohana Mitra and published by . This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Longmans, Green & Co. in London, New York, Bombay, and Calcutta, 1913.

A Fascinating Traitor

Author : Richard Henry Savage
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267003679
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book A Fascinating Traitor written by Richard Henry Savage and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story There were certain visions of the past which returned to shake even the iron nerves of Alan Hawke! Face to face now with his half formed resolution of suicide, the wasted past slowly unrolled itself before him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Kela Bai

Author : Charles Johnston
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330713792
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book Kela Bai written by Charles Johnston and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Kela Bai: An Anglo-Indian Idyll It was the time of divine weather after the rains. The hot season had burned itself away. The monsoon had burst in sweat-drops at the end of June. Then came four steaming months, when the air was white with the hiss and the swish and the swirl of the rains. The swollen Ganges overtopped her banks, and foamed among the roots of the yellow babul-bushes. Porpoises turned somersaults in the brown eddies. The rain-birds wailed in every dripping grove. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The White Dove of Amritzir a Romance of Anglo-Indian Life (Classic Reprint)

Author : Eliza F. Pollard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330635131
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book The White Dove of Amritzir a Romance of Anglo-Indian Life (Classic Reprint) written by Eliza F. Pollard and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The White Dove of Amritzir a Romance of Anglo-Indian Life "Kasan Singh, how dare you!" and the speaker sprang up from before the table, at which he had been working, and looked down with an expression of mingled anger and pity at a man, crouching at his feet, muttering words in a strange tongue, but which, nevertheless, conveyed to the mind of the hearer a distinct idea of prayer and incantation. Far from being repulsed by the angry ejaculation, Kasan Singh's voice rose, as he dragged himself to where the officer stood, and then prostrated himself on the ground until his forehead touched the Englishman's feet. It was truly a strange scene. The first rays of the early morning sun, penetrating through the uplifted canvas, which formed the doorway, lit up the interior of a large, military tent. A huge Pathan, whose dark face was rendered still fiercer by his long hair, heavy black whiskers and moustache, stood at the entrance, a revolver in his hand, whilst in a corner half a dozen natives, clad in yellow robes with blue turbanned heads, crouched with outstretched hands, gazing in the direction of their comrade and of the man he was evidently adoring. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Anglo-Indian Codes, Vol. 1

Author : Whitley Stokes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331228274
Total Pages : 1072 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book The Anglo-Indian Codes, Vol. 1 written by Whitley Stokes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 1072 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Anglo-Indian Codes, Vol. 1: Substantive Law It is hoped that such a work will be useful in India, not only to the judges, legal practitioners, and law students, for whom it is primarily intended, but also to bankers, traders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Chronicles of Dustypore, Vol. 1 of 2

Author : H. S. Cunningham
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267187607
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (876 download)

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Download or read book Chronicles of Dustypore, Vol. 1 of 2 written by H. S. Cunningham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chronicles of Dustypore, Vol. 1 of 2: A Tale of Modern Anglo-Indian Society Empire, and the establishment of an Agency at Dustypore. The ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine who neither know nor wish to know would not be grateful for an account of battles fought at places of which they never heard, of victories gained by generals whose fame is already for gotten, and Of negotiations which nobody but the negotiators understood at the time, and which a few years have effectually relegated to the oblivion that awaits all that is at once dull, profitless, and unintelligible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Second Supplement to the Anglo-Indian Codes (Classic Reprint)

Author : Whitley Stokes
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780332263816
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (638 download)

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Download or read book A Second Supplement to the Anglo-Indian Codes (Classic Reprint) written by Whitley Stokes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Second Supplement to the Anglo-Indian Codes The first Supplement to my edition of the anglo-indian Codes brings Indian legislation and judicial decisions, so far as they affect the Codes, down to the end of May, 1889. This, the second Supplement, does the like for the two years ending on May 3 1 1891, and in accordance with a suggestion of Mr. R. J. Cros thwaite, late Judicial Commissioner of the Central Provinces, I have taken the opportunity to add considerably to my notes on the Transfer of Property Act. References to some recent English decisions likely to be useful to those engaged in studying or administering the Codes will be found in their proper places. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Anglo-India and the End of Empire

Author : Uther Charlton-Stevens
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1787388891
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Anglo-India and the End of Empire written by Uther Charlton-Stevens and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2022-09-30 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The standard image of the Raj is of an aloof, pampered and prejudiced British elite lording it over an oppressed and hostile Indian subject population. Like most caricatures, this obscures as much truth as it reveals. The British had not always been so aloof. The earlier, more cosmopolitan period of East India Company rule saw abundant ‘interracial’ sex and occasional marriage, alongside greater cultural openness and exchange. The result was a large and growing ‘mixed-race’ community, known by the early twentieth century as Anglo-Indians. Notwithstanding its faults, Empire could never have been maintained without the active, sometimes enthusiastic, support of many colonial subjects. These included Indian elites, professionals, civil servants, businesspeople and minority groups of all kinds, who flourished under the patronage of the imperial state, and could be used in a ‘divide and rule’ strategy to prolong colonial rule. Independence was profoundly unsettling to those destined to become minorities in the new nation, and the Anglo-Indians were no exception. This refreshing account looks at the dramatic end of British rule in India through Anglo-Indian eyes, a perspective that is neither colonial apologia nor nationalist polemic. Its history resonates strikingly with the complex identity debates of the twenty-first century.

First Impressions and Studies From Nature in Hindostan, Vol. 1 of 2

Author : Thomas Bacon
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666868985
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (689 download)

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Download or read book First Impressions and Studies From Nature in Hindostan, Vol. 1 of 2 written by Thomas Bacon and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-04 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from First Impressions and Studies From Nature in Hindostan, Vol. 1 of 2: Embracing an Outline of the Voyage to Calcutta, and Five Years' Residence in Bengal and the Doab, From 1831 to 1836 Might be expected. It is a delineation of India and its society, anglo-indian and Native, exactly as they are, nothing ex tenuating, and certainly not setting down aught in malice in short, it is as close an imitation as possible of the process whereby local scenery is depicted to the eye. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The History of British India, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author : James Mill
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528363785
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (637 download)

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Download or read book The History of British India, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by James Mill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-16 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of British India, Vol. 1 IN the Preface to the History of British India, Mr. Mill has claimed for himself the merits of patient and laborious investigation, and of orn-inal'adn'd inde pendent judgment. The claim is substantiated by his work. His history is remarkable for extensive and diligent research, and for Opinions which are peculiar either to the author, or to the school of which he was a distinguished disciple. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Company and the Crown (Classic Reprint)

Author : T. J. Hovell-Thurlow
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267475834
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book The Company and the Crown (Classic Reprint) written by T. J. Hovell-Thurlow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Company and the Crown Much as has. Been written respecting what was termed in India the Company Bahadoor, and those events in consequence of which the soil of Hindostan has now become encircled by the British Crown, it is still matter for regret that so little should be gene rally known of the scope and spirit of current Anglo Indian administration. Great men of wide experience, representing every shade of human thought, have re corded volumes of Opinions and decisions on each question as it has been born; while others, rich in the faculty of turning to account a rare research, have laboured at the almost hopeless task of teaching Eng land how to know her Eastern Empire. Yet such of the results attained as are accessible to all, have rather tended to obscure than to enlighten general readers, while the opening for sensation writing, af forded by such thrilling themes as our trans-indus wars, and the events of 1857, have too frequently been used as frames for highly-coloured pictures, drawn by able advocates of different schools and services. Thus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Ancient Roman Empire and the British Empire in India

Author : James Bryce
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265765777
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Roman Empire and the British Empire in India written by James Bryce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ancient Roman Empire and the British Empire in India: The Diffusion of Roman and English Law Throughout the World; Two Historical Studies These two Essays appeared, along with a number of others bearing upon cognate historical and legal topics, in two volumes entitled Studies in History and Juris prudence which I published some years ago. As it is now thought that they may have an interest for some readers, and especially for students of Indian history, who may not care to procure those volumes, they are now issued separately. Both Essays have been revised throughout and brought up to date by the insertion of the figures of the latest census of India and by references to recent legislation. They do not, however, touch upon any questions of cur rent Indian or English politics, for a discussion of these must needs involve matter of a controversial nature and might distract the reader's attention from those broad conclusions upon which historical students and impartial observers of India as it stands to-day are pretty gener ally agreed. It is a pleasure to me to acknowledge and express my gratitude for the help which I have received in the work of revision from one of my oldest and most valued friends, Sir Courtenay Ilbert, formerly Legal Member of the Viceroy's Council in India and now Clerk of the House of Commons. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago

Author : Michael MacMillan
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365243946
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (439 download)

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Download or read book The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago written by Michael MacMillan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-19 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Globe Trotter in India Two Hundred Years Ago: And Other Indian Studies With the exception of the paper on Hered ity and the Regeneration of India, originally delivered as a lecture to the Elphinstone College Union, the following papers have appeared before in the pages of the Bombay Gazelle, Calcutta Review, and Madras C/zrz'slz'aa College Magazine, the proprietors of which have kindly consented to their re publication. The quotations from Gemelli Careri are taken from the translation in. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Book of Cambridge Verse (Classic Reprint)

Author : Ernest Edward Kellett
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Book of Cambridge Verse (Classic Reprint) written by Ernest Edward Kellett and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Book of Cambridge Verse Nevertheless, after all deductions have been made, how much true poetry is yet left! He must be hard to please who cannot find intense enjoyment in the Eclogues of Phineas Fletcher, in Cowley's epitaph on Harvey, in the Miltonic stanzas of Gray's Installation Ode, in a score of other pieces, grave, quaint, or classical in their allusive ness of phrasing. Especially grateful must we be to the number of poets, of exquisite feeling and easy mastery of form, who during the last fifty or sixty years have enriched the language with delicate and elegant verse, from which it has been only too difficult to choose because its quantity is so great and its merit so even. Of this we trust we have given a tolerably adequate selection but it would have been easy to multiply it fourfold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Indian Idylls (Classic Reprint)

Author : An Idle Exile
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266984955
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Indian Idylls (Classic Reprint) written by An Idle Exile and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Indian Idylls Had been brought up on British ideas. As a result, at the age of nve-and-twenty, he was a dapper little. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Inglorious Empire

Author : Shashi Tharoor
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 9780141987149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (871 download)

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Download or read book Inglorious Empire written by Shashi Tharoor and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inglorious Empire' tells the real story of the British in India from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj, revealing how Britain's rise was built upon its plunder of India. In 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 cannon, massacred unarmed protesters, entrenched institutionalised 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 deindustrialisation, and the destruction of its textile industry.