Later historians assert clashing political, economic, and moral explanations for the annexations, and the reasons the British could accomplish them.

The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It incl

Shows how colonial indirect rule and land tenure institutions create state weakness, ethnic inequality and insurgency in India, and around the world.

A provocative examination of how the British colonial experience in India was shaped by chronic unease, anxiety, and insecurity.

This book firmly roots the history of the British Indian sepoy in India'a medieval past.