The Scandal of Empire
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Author | Nicholas Dirks |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Subject | East India Company & Impeachment of Warren Hastings |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publisher | Belknap Press |
Publication date | 2006 |
Pages | 416 |
ISBN | 0674021665 |
The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain is a book written by Nicholas Dirks, who was at the time the Franz Boas Professor of Anthropology and Professor of History at Columbia University, United States. The book was published in 2006.
The book focuses on 18th century Britain and on one of its most dramatic political controversies, the impeachment and trial of Warren Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal from 1774 to 1784.[1]
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- 2006 non-fiction books
- History books about India
- Books about British India
- Belknap Press books
- British Empire stubs
- Indian history book stubs
- United Kingdom history book stubs