Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India by Shashi Tharoor

Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India

Shashi Tharoor

nonfiction historical history politics informative medium-paced

336 pages | first published 2017

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Inglorious Empire tells the real story of the British in India and reveals 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...
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