Colonization and Christianity (Classic Reprint): A Popular History of the Treatment of the Natives by the Europeans in All Their Colonies - Couverture souple

William Howitt

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1330330471 ISBN 13 : 9781330330470

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Revealing a dark page of colonial history and its human cost

This nonfiction account examines the administration of British India in the 18th century, exposing how revenue systems, monopolies, and local governance shaped poverty and suffering. Through contemporary testimony and critical analysis, it argues that policy and profit collided to produce famine, dislocation, and oppression for the native population.

In vivid detail, the narrative points to practices that enriched officials while leaving communities vulnerable to famine, disease, and social disruption. It highlights specific examples from Bengal and Backergunge to illustrate how confiscations, forced trade, and punitive measures affected everyday life and commerce.
What you’ll encounter

• A close look at how tax collection, monopolies, and trade controls impacted ordinary people
• Accounts of famine and its alleged links to policy and profit motives
• Critiques of figures and decisions that shaped the course of events
• A grounded discussion of the social and economic consequences of the period

Ideal for readers of history and political economy who seek a critical view of colonial administration and its human cost.
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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from Colonization and Christianity: A Popular History of the Treatment of the Natives by the Europeans in All Their Colonies

The object of this volume is to lay open to the public the most extensive and extraordinary system of crime which the world ever witnessed. It is a system which has been in full operation for more than three hundred years, and continues yet in unabating activity of evil. The apathy which has hitherto existed in England upon this subject has proceeded in a great measure from want of knowledge. National injustice towards particular tribes, or particular individuals, has excited the most lively feeling, and the most energetic exertions for its redress, - but the whole wide field of unchristian operations in which this country, more than any other, is engaged, has never yet been laid in a clear and comprehensive view before the public mind. It is no part of the present volume to suggest particular plans of remedy. The first business is to make known the nature and the extent of the evil, - that once perceived, in this great country there will not want either heads to plan or hands to accomplish all that is due to the rights of others, or the honour and interest of England.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330330471
• ISBN 13: 9781330330470
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 538
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