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100 1 _aMiles, William Augustus,
_d1753?-1817
245 1 4 _aThe Letters of Gracchus on the East India Question
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2015
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2015-08-31
508 _aProduced 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)
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aIndia -- Politics and government -- 1765-1947
653 _aEast India Company
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49835
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