Project Gutenberg 2006-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 104 Burke, Edmund 1729 1797 The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Reading ease score: 43.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Susan Skinner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)" by Edmund Burke is a collection of political writings focusing on British governance in India, written in the late 18th century. This volume includes critical reports and observations concerning the management of the East India Company and the governance of Indian territories. The likely topic of this work revolves around the examination of British policies in India, encompasses detailed reports about administrative mismanagement, economic exploitation, and the sociopolitical impacts on the native populations. The opening of this volume introduces the Ninth Report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on the affairs of India, discussing the state of the administration of justice in Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa. The report critiques the pervasive mismanagement of the East India Company, highlighting specific abuses and calling for a closer investigation into the connection between British authority and the welfare of Indian inhabitants. It lays out the principal concerns regarding commerce, government, and the administration of justice, establishing a framework for understanding the complexities of British colonial governance while detailing the various grievances held by both the British government and the native populace. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820 Political science -- Early works to 1800 DA Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics 927435 927440 2024-10-08T06:34:39.303581 2023-09-08T08:29:52.748530 text/html text/html 943415 2006-04-13T15:19:54 text/html 317218 2006-04-13T15:19:56 text/html application/zip 416524 2024-10-08T06:34:54.475513 application/epub+zip 429133 2024-10-08T06:34:44.827531 application/epub+zip 384415 2024-10-08T06:34:42.662590 application/epub+zip 859237 2024-10-08T06:35:01.431452 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 800785 2024-10-08T06:34:52.702510 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 716898 2022-09-08T14:59:18.077728 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 845102 844834 2024-10-08T06:34:37.811574 2023-09-08T08:29:51.498503 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 844870 2006-04-13T15:19:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 287685 2006-04-13T15:19:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 844863 2006-04-13T15:19:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 287609 2006-04-13T15:19:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21950 2024-10-08T06:35:01.615450 application/rdf+xml 23260 2024-10-08T06:34:43.263562 image/jpeg 4622 2024-10-08T06:34:42.960553 image/jpeg 414782 2024-10-08T06:34:39.383577 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia