History
The Anarchy
William Dalrymple
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How a joint-stock company with its own army supplanted the Mughal Empire — a case study in corporate power, plunder, and state capture.
A narrative history of the East India Company's transformation from a trading venture into a private corporation that conquered and looted the Indian subcontinent.
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