Inglorious empire : what the British did to India / Shashi Tharoor

By: Tharoor, Shashi, 1956-Publication details: London : Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2017Description: xxix, 295 pages ; 23 cmISBN: 9781849048088Uniform titles: Era of darkness Subject(s): Imperialism | History | India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947 | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India | India -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainLOC classification: DS463
Contents:
Chronology -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- The Looting of India -- Did the British Give India Political Unity? -- Democracy, the Press, the Parliamentary System and the Rule of Law -- Divide Et Impera -- The Myth of the Enlightened Despotism -- The Remaining Case for Empire -- The (Im)Balance Sheet: A Coda -- The Messy Afterlife of Colonialism -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-288) and index

Chronology -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- The Looting of India -- Did the British Give India Political Unity? -- Democracy, the Press, the Parliamentary System and the Rule of Law -- Divide Et Impera -- The Myth of the Enlightened Despotism -- The Remaining Case for Empire -- The (Im)Balance Sheet: A Coda -- The Messy Afterlife of Colonialism -- Notes and References -- Bibliography -- Index

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