Here is the first detailed study of the British government's late eighteenth-century attempt to reorganize the East India Company's army. Tracing the events from three points of view--those of the British government, the Company's government in Calcutta, and the officers of the Company's service--Callahan shows that the aspects of the Company's service which struck observers in London as inefficient and corrupt were, in the officers' view, precisely those things that made the Company's service worth entering.
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Here is the first detailed study of the British government's late eighteenth-century attempt to reorganize the East India Company's army. Tracing the events from three points of view--those of the British government, the Company's government in Calcutta, and the officers of the Company's service--Callahan shows that the aspects of the Company's service which struck observers in London as inefficient and corrupt were, in the officers' view, precisely those things that made the Company's service worth entering.
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Volume 67. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 0674224108.
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Very Good. Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 242 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Bound in black cloth with gilt type face on the spine. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
