
Product Description
The Anarchy by William Dalrymple traces the East India Company’s transformation from a trading corporation into a major political and military power in South Asia.
What the book examines
Using historical narrative and archival sources, Dalrymple follows the company’s expansion, the weakening of existing powers, military conflict, financial interests, and the consequences of corporate rule during the eighteenth century.
Who it is for
A detailed history for readers interested in the East India Company, colonial expansion, eighteenth-century India, corporate power, and the political economy of empire.


