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The Politics of Empire at the Accession of George III
The East India Company and the Crisis and Transformation of Britain's Imperial State
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An important revisionist history that casts eighteenth-century British politics and imperial expansion in a new light
“An important book . . . . Vaughn has greatly added to our understanding of Britain’s empire and politics.”—Journal of Modern History
In this bold debut work, historian James M. Vaughn challenges the scholarly consensus that British India and the Second Empire were founded in “a fit of absence of mind.” He instead argues that the origins of the Raj and the largest empire of the modern world were rooted in political conflicts and movements in Britain. It was British conservatives who shaped the Second Empire into one of conquest and dominion, emphasizing the extraction of resources and the subjugation of colonial populations.
Drawing on a wide array of sources, Vaughn shows how the East India Company was transformed from a corporation into an imperial power in the service of British political forces opposed to the rising radicalism of the period. The Company’s dominion in Bengal, where it raised territorial revenue and maintained a large army, was an autocratic bulwark of Britain’s established order.
A major work of political and imperial history, this volume offers an important new understanding of the era and its global ramifications.
Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
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James M. Vaughn's The Politics of Empire at the Accession of George III is praised as an insightful and provocative study that contributes significantly to understanding Britain's empire and politics. It is hailed for offering a fresh, thought-provoking perspective on the shift in the British empire from liberty to authority in the eighteenth century, and it is noted for bringing radical Whig views and imperialism into focus. The book's emphasis on capitalism and bourgeois ideology is seen as a noteworthy, overdue correction, making Vaughn's work a potential leader in its field.
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ISBN: 9780300208269
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 09 April 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 46.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 235.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 320
About the Author
James M. Vaughn is assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin and a former postdoctoral fellow at the MacMillan Center at Yale University.
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