Book contents
- Ruling the World
- Ruling the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I 1838: The Year of Freedom
- 1 Setting the Scene for Emancipation
- 2 Managing Expectations
- 3 Political Freedom
- 4 Settler Liberties
- 5 Free Trade, Famine and Invasion
- 6 Steam and Opium
- Conclusion to Part I: An Empire of Freedom?
- Part II 1857: The Year of Civilisation
- Part III 1879: The Year of Liberalism
- Appendix: Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Index
- References
5 - Free Trade, Famine and Invasion
from Part I - 1838: The Year of Freedom
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 December 2020
Book contents
- Ruling the World
- Ruling the World
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I 1838: The Year of Freedom
- 1 Setting the Scene for Emancipation
- 2 Managing Expectations
- 3 Political Freedom
- 4 Settler Liberties
- 5 Free Trade, Famine and Invasion
- 6 Steam and Opium
- Conclusion to Part I: An Empire of Freedom?
- Part II 1857: The Year of Civilisation
- Part III 1879: The Year of Liberalism
- Appendix: Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Index
- References
Summary
Free trade; the East India Company in 1838; the Agra Famine; the First Anglo-Afghan War; Lord Auckland; Dost Mohammed and Afghanistan.
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- Ruling the WorldFreedom, Civilisation and Liberalism in the Nineteenth-Century British Empire, pp. 144 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
References
Further Reading
Bayly, C. A., Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1770–1870, Oxford University Press, 1998.Google Scholar
Bowen, H. V., The Business of Empire: The East India Company and Imperial Britain, 1756–1833, Cambridge University Press, 2009.Google Scholar
Hall, C., Macaulay and Son: Architects of Imperial Britain, Yale University Press, 2012.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sen, S., Empire of Free Trade: The East India Company and the Making of the Colonial Marketplace, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998.Google Scholar
Webster, A., The Twilight of the East India Company: The Evolution of Anglo-Asian Commerce and Politics 1790–1860, The Boydell Press, 2009.Google Scholar