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In the three centuries that followed Vasco da Gama?s discovery of the sea route from Europe to India, European powers made a beeline for India?s fabled riches, its spices, gold and gems. Though they ostensibly came for trade and commerce and the thrill of discovering a new land, the lines between exploration and exploitation soon blurred.
The Theft of India documents the intense rivalry for spoils that played out between the British, the French, the Dutch and the Portuguese and the impact this had on Indians. It details the political intrigue, the agreements and the betrayals, the oppression, swindling and greed of these foreign powers as they each tried to strengthen their grip on this vast and ?exotic? land.
Roy Moxham?s work, though, is no dry study of textual materials. Through probing research, he unearths eyewitness accounts and memoirs from the era. Moxham supplements these with an exhaustive study of academic works on the subject. The result is an unflattering picture of the ?civilized? West as it systematically strips India of its riches.
Author ? : ? Roy Moxham
Publisher ? : ? Harper Collins India; 1st edition (20 November 2016); HarperCollins Publishers; Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie
Language ? : ? English
Paperback ? : ? 264 pages
ISBN-10 ? : ? 935264090X
ISBN-13 ? : ? 9789352640904
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