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Peace, Poverty and Betrayal: A New History of British India (Matthews Roderick)How can we explain the establishment and longevity of British rule in India without recourse to the clich�s of imperial versus nationalist interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews offers a more nuanced view: one of oblige and rule, the foundation of common purpose between colonizers a... |
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British Navy in Eastern Waters: The Indian and Pacific Oceans (Grainger John D.)This book outlines the early voyages of the English East India Company, its building of its own naval forces and its conflicts with Indian states. It examines the opening up of the Pacific Ocean, the wars with the French in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and the activities of the Brit... |
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The Shoguns Silver Telescope: God, Art, and Money in the English Quest for Japan, 1600-1625 (Screech Timon)The East India Company, founded in London in 1600, was a spice trading organisation. But its governors soon began to think bigger. After a decade, they started to plan voyages to more fabulous places, notably India and Japan. India had cotton cloth, while Japan had silver, and crucially was cold in ... |
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The Briny South: Displacement and Sentiment in the Indian Ocean World (Boer Nienke)In The Briny South Nienke Boer examines the legal and literary narratives of enslaved, indentured, and imprisoned individuals crossing the Indian Ocean to analyze the formation of racialized identities in the imperial world. Drawing on court records, ledgers, pamphlets, censors reports, newsletters,... |
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EPIC DRIVES OF THE WORLD…Buckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful hardback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Afri... |
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India : A HistoryThe most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India - from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent's social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East. India's history begins with ... |
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Enemy of All Mankind (Steven Johnson)Henry Avery was the seventeenth century's most notorious pirate. The press published wildly popular - and wildly inaccurate - reports of his nefarious adventures. The British government offered enormous bounties for his capture, alive or (preferably) dead. But Steven Johnson argues that Avery's most... |
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The Missing Nabobs of the City of Gold (Wilbur)Bombay, 1831. Freshly arrived from London, Alexander Martin reports to his new boss at the Indian Political Service - a government agency whose function is little more than helping the East India Company expand its grasp upon the Indian subcontinent. The enthusiastic, somewhat idealistic young man s... |
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Epic Hikes Of The World 1With stories of 50 incredible hiking routes in 30 countries, from New Zealand to Peru, plus a further 150 suggestions, Lonely Planet's Epic Hikes of the World will inspire a lifetime of adventure on foot. From one-day jaunts and urban trails to month-long thru-hikes, cultural rambles and mountain ex... |
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Bullocks, Grain, and Good Madeira: The Maratha and Jat Campaigns, 1803-1806 and the Emergence of an Indian Army (Proven Joshua)On the last day of the year 1802, the Maratha Peshwa Bajirao II signed the treaty of Bassein which sparked the 2nd Anglo-Maratha War. What began as a seemingly straightforward operation to restore the Peshwa and complete Lord Wellesleys expansionist policy turned into a full-scale conflict for polit... |
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DOPE, INC. Britains Opium War Against the World (Intelligence Review Executive)The Opium Wars of 1840-1860 were dark chapters of history. Britain went to war to force China to import thousands of tons of opium, to cripple and impoverish that nation. The Opium Wars never really ended. The U.S., like China, was too great for the London money lords to occupy by force. One way A... |
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Koh-i-NoorThe first comprehensive and authoritative history of the Koh-i Noor, arguably the most celebrated and mythologised jewel in the world. On 29 March 1849, the ten-year-old Maharajah of the Punjab was ushered into the magnificent Mirrored Hall at the centre of the great Fort in Lahore. There, in a publ... |
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Suffren Versus Hughes: War in the Indian Ocean 1781-1783 (Barry Quintin)This book describes the fascinating but relatively little-known naval campaign between Britain and France for mastery of the Indian Ocean in the closing years of the War of American Independence. It is effectively the third volume of a trilogy recording the history of the Royal Navy during this peri... |
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Religion and Governance in Englands Emerging Colonial Empire, 1601-1698 (Smith Haig Z.)1. Introduction: Introduction: A Just Government: Empire, Religion, Chaplains and the Corporation .- 2. The Virginia Company and the Foundations of Religious Governance in English Commercial Expansion .- 3. The Plymouth Company and Massachusetts Bay Company (1622-1639): Establishing Theocratic Corpo... |
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Epic Drives of the WorldBuckle up for the next installment in our 'Epic' series and the follow-up to Epic Bike Rides of the World. Epic Drives of the World, a beautiful paperback, showcases 50 of the greatest road trips on Earth, from classic routes in America, Australia and Europe, to incredible adventures in Asia and Afr... |
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A History of Money in Singapore (Liew Clement)This is the story of the money used from pre-colonial times to the present day on the island we know as Singapore. This signature book describes the multiplicity of currencies that have been used in and around the island over the centuries, and how these culminate in the Singapore dollar today. The ... |
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Swordswoman! (Rangachari Devika)The true story of the fearsome Rani of Jhansi, the Indian Queen who took on the East India Trading Company in the Indian Rebellion of |
7,28 € |
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Miss Caroline Bingley, Private DetectiveA missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure.'Intriguing, sharply funny, and a beautifully written mystery. I laughed out loud as I read – Miss Austen would approve' Pamela Hart 'Miss Bingley delivers delicious snark and fabulous sleuthing fun. I loved it!' Alison Goodman ???????... |
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The Alchemy of Empire: Abject Materials and the Technologies of Colonialism (Sudan Rajani)Named Top 6 South Asia studies publications of 2016 by the British Association for South Asian Studies The Alchemy of Empire unravels the non-European origins of Enlightenment science. Focusing on the abject materials of empire-building, this study traces the genealogies of substances like mud, mor... |
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Savage Beasts'A beautiful and unique retelling of Medea. I loved it!' Sunday Times bestselling author Sophie Irwin 'Absorbing and thoughtful...full of page-turning drama and vibrantly drawn characters. Bold and illuminating' Claire Heywood, author of Daughters of Sparta A propulsive retelling inspired by the Gre... |
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12,95 € |
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