An important new account of how the East India Company established a transregional system of indirect rule in India in the early nineteenth century. Callie Wilkinson argues that the formation of the Company's empire of influence is a story of debate, resistance and uncertainty.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures; List of Maps; Acknowledgements; Note on Translation and Transliteration; Chronology; List of Abbreviations; Maps; Introduction; 1. A Time of Trouble; 2. Negotiating the disinformation order; 3. Warfare and 'wanton provocations'; 4. The price of pageantry; 5. Weak ties in a tangled web; 6. Kinship, gender, and dynastic dramas; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
