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Land, law and empire : the origins of British territorial power in India / John Marriott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marriott, John, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East India Company.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Colonies--Asia--History--19th century.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 311 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- In this innovative exploration of British rule in India, John Marriott tackles one of the most significant and unanswered questions surrounding the East India Company's success. How and when was an English joint stock company with trading interests in the East Indies transformed into a fully-fledged colonial power with control over large swathes of the Indian subcontinent? The answer, Marriott argues, is to be found much earlier than traditionally acknowledged, in the territorial acquisitions of the seventeenth century secured by small coteries of English factors. Bringing together aspects of cultural, legal and economic theory, he demonstrates the role played by land in the assembly of sovereign power, and how English discourses of land and judicial authority confronted the traditions of indigenous peoples and rival colonial authorities. By 1700, the Company had established the sites of Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, providing the practical foothold for further expansion.
- Contents:
- Perspectives
- Tudor State, Chartered Companies and Colonization
- Passage to India
- Geopolitics of Trade and Settlement
- Madras
- Bombay
- Calcutta
- Retrospective.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 03, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Marriott, John, 1944- Land, law and empire
- ISBN:
- 9781009602105
- 1009602101
- 9781009602099
- 1009602098
- OCLC:
- 1533765422
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000264397
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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