{"product_id":"revenue-and-reform-the-indian-problem-in-british-politics-1757-1773-paperback-9780521890816","title":"Revenue and Reform; The Indian Problem in British Politics 1757–1773 (Paperback) 9780521890816","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRevenue and Reform\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Indian Problem in British Politics 1757–1773\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevenue and Reform considers how politicians in London tackled the many problems stemming from British expansion in India.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eH. V. Bowen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521890816, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 11 April 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.45 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Bowen has written a mature and well-crafted book which does much to explain British responses to the challenges of trade and empire in the eighteenth century.\"   John Derry, The International History Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRevenue and Reform offers a reappraisal of British imperial politics in the third quarter of the eighteenth century. It is traditional to regard the 1760s as a time when British politicians were preoccupied with the crises which eventually led to the outbreak of the American War of Independence in 1775. Here, for the first time, a different imperial problem - the Indian problem - is examined in detail. Politicians struggled to come to terms with the East India Company's unexpected acquisition of territory and great wealth in Bengal, and they endeavoured to formulate policy related to many new and unfamiliar issues. New light is shed on debate about revenue collection, territorial rights, diplomacy, justice and administrative reform in order to illustrate the central theme of the book: the gradual and reluctant assumption of responsibility by ministers for the Indian empire. Firm guidelines for the development of the Anglo-Indian imperial connection were eventually laid down by Lord North's Regulating Act of 1773, and the background to, and principles underpinning, this important legislative landmark are fully explored in the concluding chapters.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Traders into sovereigns: the East India Company, 1757–1765\u003cbr\u003e 2. Perceptions of empire\u003cbr\u003e 3. The policy-makers: Parliament and the East India Company\u003cbr\u003e 4. Crown and Company (I): the Diwani and the inquiry of 1767\u003cbr\u003e 5. Crown and Company (II): foreign relations, 1766–1769\u003cbr\u003e 6. Attempts at reform (I): civil, military, and judicial affairs, 1767–1772\u003cbr\u003e 7. Attempts at reform (II): trade and revenue, 1767–1772\u003cbr\u003e 8. The East India Company crisis of 1772\u003cbr\u003e 9. Response to crisis (I): high politics and the committees of inquiry, 1772–1773\u003cbr\u003e 10. Response to crisis (II): trade, finance, and reform\u003cbr\u003e 11. The final act? the passage of Lord North's East India legislation, 1773\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912979603736,"sku":"9780521890816","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521890816i_ba3821e9-e97d-4557-8a96-898def55b6a4.jpg?v=1691358936","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/revenue-and-reform-the-indian-problem-in-british-politics-1757-1773-paperback-9780521890816","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}