1st Edition

Property, Land, Revenue, and Policy The East India Company, c.1757�1825

By J. Albert Rorabacher Copyright 2017
516 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

516 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

516 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

For the first century-and-a-half of its nearly 275 year existence, the English East India Company remained ostensibly a mercantile enterprise, satisfied to simply trade, competing with other European traders. In the middle of the eighteenth century, as a response to French expansion in India, the East India Company redefined itself, becoming an active participant in India’s ‘game of thrones’.... Read more

1. Property, Property Rights, and Land Tenure 2. The Setting 3. The Roots of Empire 4. Prelude to an Empire in India 5. The Bridgehead of Bengal: Empire, Personalities, and Nawabs 6. Sulivan, Leadership, and the Conquest of South Asia 7. Company Actions and Parliamentary Reactions:Changing Social and Political Ideologies in Britain 8. The Rise of the Zamindars 9. The Ideological Basis of Permanent Settlement 10. The Pivotal Questions and the Debates 11. Permanent Settlement and its Aftermath 12. The ‘Other’ British Land Revenue Systems 13. A Critical Time – 1750-1773: Principles, Policies, Personalities, and Ethos

Biography

J. Albert Rorabacher received his academic credentials from Michigan State University (B.Sc.), The University of Texas – Austin (M.A.), and the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis (Ph.D.). He has taught at the University of Texas – Austin, the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, the University of Minnesota – Minneapolis, and South Dakota State University, as well as working in the private sector as a consultant.