Book Review: The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
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Book Review: The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company by William Dalrymple
The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
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Halfway through Anarchy (a chronicle of the East India Company)—a good reminder that history isn’t preordained but shaped by blunders, luck, and ambition.
EIC was led by ragtag group including drunks kicked out of the navy, yet pioneered common stock and shrewdly exploited chaos (between Persians, Nawabs, Marathas) to... See more
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