Modernity's Corruption : : Empire and Morality in the Making of British India / / Nicholas Hoover Wilson.
Today, “corruption” generally refers to pursuing personal interests at the expense of one’s responsibilities, the law, or the common good. It calls to mind some official violating their public duty for private gain, suggesting seamy bureaucracies taking payoffs, kickbacks, and bribes. Yet at other t...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource :; 11 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- Introduction: Modernity’s Corruption and the Art of Separation
- 1 CORRUPTION AND MORAL ORDERS IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN AND INDIA
- 2 SHIFTING GROUNDS The Transformation of the East India Company
- 3 CONSEQUENTIAL REFORMS AND CHANGING CORRUPTION
- 4 MODERN SELVES
- 5 MODERN MORAL SPACES
- CONCLUSION
- NOTES
- REFERENCES
- INDEX