Edge of Empire: Conquest and Collecting in the East 1750–1850. Maya Jasanoff

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      MAYA JASANOFF

      EDGE OF EMPIRE

       Conquest and Collecting in the East1750-1850

      

London, New York, Toronto and Sydney

       For my parents, border crossers

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: INDIA 1750-1799

CHAPTER ONE: Conquests

I. War of the World

II. Trade to Conquest

III. Clive of India, Clive of Britain

IV. Empire Unmasked

CHAPTER TWO: Crossings

I. Beyond the Frontier

II. Chameleon Capital

III. Orientalists?

IV. Connoisseurs?

CHAPTER THREE: Compromises

I. Going Un-Native

       II. Settling

       III. Staying On

       IV. Legacies

       PART TWO: IMPERIAL COLLISION 1798-1801

       CHAPTER FOUR: Invading Egypt

       I. A New War, a New Empire

       II. Westward Bound

       III. Empire by Design

       IV. Abdallah Bonaparte

       CHAPTER FIVE: Seizing Seringapatam

       I. Citizen Tipu

       II. L’Alliance Française

       III. A Dangerous Liaison

       IV. The Fall, and After

       CHAPTER SIX: The Objects of Victory

       I. Trophies

       II. A Tropical Grand Tour

       III. From Kaveri to Nile

       PART THREE: EGYPT 1801-1840

       CHAPTER SEVEN: Rivals

       I. Expansion Under Cover

       II. War and Piece

       III. Personal and Political

       IV. An Amateur Abroad

       CHAPTER EIGHT: Removals

       I. The Partisans

       II. The Patriot

       III. A Clash of Reinventions

       IV. Gentlemen and Capitalists

       CHAPTER NINE: Recoveries

       I. The Two Egypts

       II. France Redux

       III. Preservers and Destroyers

       IV. Collecting Back

       CONCLUSION

       Acknowledgments

       Note on Sources

       About the Author

       Notes

       Index

       Praise

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       INTRODUCTION

       A World of Empires, an Empire of the World

      It was a clear autumn morning in Calcutta, shortly after the holiday of Durga Puja. At the end of a narrow lane towered a giant image of the white tenarmed goddess, Shiva’s