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 Project Gutenberg 2015-08-31 Public domain in the USA. 55 Miles, William Augustus 1817 Gracchus Neptune Miles, W. A. (William Augustus) Miles, W. (William) The Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question Produced by Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question" by William Augustus Miles is a series of political essays written in the early 19th century. The work addresses the critical issue of the East India Company's exclusive trading rights and the political implications of their charter's possible renewal. Central to this discussion is the examination of the British Empire's interest in maintaining its position in India amidst a changing socio-economic landscape and the calls for broader public access to trade in the region. The opening of the text introduces a complex debate surrounding the East India Company's privileges as their charter approaches expiration. Gracchus presents arguments on the implications of renewing the company's exclusive trade rights, emphasizing the opinions of various stakeholders, including merchants from out-port cities who seek greater access to the lucrative India trade. The opening letters outline the critical economic principles at stake, the inherent power dynamics between the Company and the British government, and the public's role in these proceedings, ultimately questioning whether the Company’s fears about losing its privileged position are valid or a guise to protect its immediate interests. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en India -- Politics and government -- 1765-1947 East India Company DS Text Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics 181805 181808 2024-09-20T16:18:00.363418 2023-09-21T12:36:45.698418 text/html text/html 180843 2015-08-31T10:39:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 79360 2015-08-31T10:39:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 85151 2024-09-20T16:18:03.308363 application/epub+zip 86315 2024-09-20T16:18:00.835374 application/epub+zip 86316 2024-09-20T16:18:00.587371 application/epub+zip 153115 2024-09-20T16:18:05.473357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127094 2024-09-20T16:18:03.052365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127419 2022-09-22T14:25:50.730636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 160693 160503 2024-09-20T16:17:59.861410 2023-09-21T12:36:45.225397 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 160888 2015-08-31T10:39:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 56143 2015-08-31T10:39:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18750 2024-09-20T16:18:05.594338 application/rdf+xml 7863 2024-09-20T16:18:00.657383 image/jpeg 1889 2024-09-20T16:18:00.622375 image/jpeg 81005 2024-09-20T16:18:00.380375 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia