Revenue and Reform: The Indian Problem in British Politics 1757-1773Cambridge University Press, 11. 4. 2002. - 220 страница Revenue and Reform offers a reappraisal of British imperial politics in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. It is traditional to regard the 1760s as a time when British politicians were preoccupied with the crises that eventually led to the outbreak of the American War of Independence. In this book, however, it is the Indian problem that is examined. Politicians struggled to come to terms with the East India Company's unexpected acquisition of territory and great wealth in Bengal, and they endeavored to formulate policy related to many new and unfamiliar issues. New light is shed on debate about revenue collection, territorial rights, diplomacy, justice, and administrative reform in order to illustrate the central theme of the book: the gradual and reluctant assumption of responsibility by ministers for the Indian empire. |
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... parliamentary debates , it became clear to me that historians , perhaps partly because of a preoccupation with the events leading up to the American War of Independence , have failed to address a number of important questions related to ...
... parliamentary debates , it became clear to me that historians , perhaps partly because of a preoccupation with the events leading up to the American War of Independence , have failed to address a number of important questions related to ...
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... parliamentary political sphere the rapid growth of metropolitan radicalism was based upon the extraordinary figure of John Wilkes . In a wider context there were difficulties related to British activity in Ireland , India and , above ...
... parliamentary political sphere the rapid growth of metropolitan radicalism was based upon the extraordinary figure of John Wilkes . In a wider context there were difficulties related to British activity in Ireland , India and , above ...
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... parliamentary inquiries into British activities in India were carried out in 1767 and 1772-3 , and they helped to pave the way for Lord North's fundamental reorganization of the way in which the East India Company conducted its ...
... parliamentary inquiries into British activities in India were carried out in 1767 and 1772-3 , and they helped to pave the way for Lord North's fundamental reorganization of the way in which the East India Company conducted its ...
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Traders into sovereigns the East India Company 17571765 | 5 |
Perceptions of empire | 16 |
The policymakers Parliament and the East India Company | 30 |
Crown and Company I the Diwani and the inquiry of 1767 | 48 |
Crown and Company II foreign relations 17661769 | 67 |
Attempts at reform I civil military and judicial affairs 17671772 | 84 |
Attempts at reform II trade and revenue 17671772 | 103 |
The East India Company crisis of 1772 | 119 |
Response to crisis I high politics and the committees of inquiry 17721773 | 133 |
Response to crisis II trade finance and reform | 151 |
The final act? The passage of Lord Norths East India legislation 1773 | 169 |
Conclusion | 187 |
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