The Theft of India by Roy Moxham
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.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9789352640904 |
| ISBN 10 | 935264090X |
| Title | The Theft of India |
| Author | Roy Moxham |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins India |
| Year published | 2016-11-20 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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