Books by Roderick Matthews

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Peace, Poverty and Betrayal
The British in 18th century India (2021-05-24)

That is from Roderick Matthews’s excellent Peace, Poverty and Betrayal: A New History of British India .  Here is my previous post on the book .

*Peace, Poverty and Betrayal* (2021-05-11)

The author is Roderick Matthews, and the subtitle is A New History of British India .  This book has been highly controversial for its supposed “whitewashing” of British rule in India, but so far I find it insightful and indeed revelatory.  It is to date my favorite book this year, most of all conceptual but also remarkably well-informed historically.  Here is one excerpt: