Imperialism and Orientalism
Subtitle: A Documentary Sourcebook
Contributors: Barbara Harlow (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
Published: January 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781557867117
Subjects: African history: c 1500 to c 1900; Asian / Middle Eastern history: c 1500 to c 1900; Colonization & independence; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Imperialism; History; Asia; History - General History; Middle East; History: World; Africa; Europe; Asia - General; AFRICA_HISTORY; ASIA_HISTORY; MIDDLE EAST_HISTORY; 19th century; Europe - General; 18th century
First sentence: From its inception at the beginning of the seventeenth century, the British East India Company combined military and commercial methods of institutional organizations and administration; what began as a corporate enterprise soon evolved into a massively armed colonial empire.