{"product_id":"9781947534308","title":"Inglorious Empire: What the British Did to India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInglorious Empire \u003c\/i\u003etells the real story of the British in India — from the arrival of the East India Company to the end of the Raj — and reveals how Britain’s rise was built upon its plunder of India.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this bold and incisive reassessment of colonialism, Tharoor exposes to devastating effect the inglorious reality of Britain’s stained Indian legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribe Publications Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040660111600,"sku":"9781947534308","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781947534308_p0.jpg?v=1763798306","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781947534308","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}