The Politics of the British Annexation of India, 1757-1857

1 Introduction: The History and Historiography of Annexations --
2 An Assessment of the Annexations by John Malcolm (to 1823) ; A Introduction to the Malcolm Selection ; B Selection One: John Malcolm, 'Observations on the Acquisition of British India' --
3 Two Perspectives on the De Facto Annexation of Bengal (c. 1757) ; A Introduction to the Clive Selection ; B Selection Two: 'Robert Clive Letter to William Pitt' ; C Introduction to the Gupta Selection ; D Selection Three: Brijen Gupta: 'The Intrusion of Europeans' --
4 The Nawabs of the Carnatic and the English East India Company (c. 1765-1801) ; A Introduction to the Srinivasachari Selection ; B Selection Four: C.S. Srinivasachari: 'The Nawabs of the Carnatic' --
5 Bombay Presidency's Annexation and Administration of Malabar (1792-1800) ; A Introduction to the Nightingale Selection ; B Selection Five: Pamela Nightingale, 'The Pepper Trade and the Administration of Malabar' --
6 Three Views on the Annexation of Territory from Awadh (1801) ; A Introduction to the Wellesley Selection ; B Selection Six: Arthur Wellesley, 'Memorandum on Marquess Wellesley's Government of India' ; C Introduction to the Hutton Selection ; D Selection Seven: James Hutton, 'The Subsidiary System in India' ; E Introduction to the Marshall Selection ; F Selection Eight: P.J. Marshall, 'Economic and Political Expansion: The Case of Oudh' --
7 The Annexation of Sind (1843) ; A Introduction to the Huttenback Selection ; B Selection Nine: Robert A. Huttenback, 'Annexation in Sind' --
8 The Rani of Jhansi's view of the Jhansi Annexation (1853) ; A Introduction to the Rani of Jhansi Selections ; B Selection Ten: 'Letters of Rani Lakshmi Bai' --
9 Two Perspectives on the Annexation of Awadh (1856) ; A Introduction to the Lucas Selection ; B Selection Eleven: Samuel Lucas, 'Dacoitee in Excelsis' ; C Introduction to the Irwin Selection ; D Selection Twelve: H.C. Irwin, 'The Garden of India' --
10 An Assessment of the Annexations by Karl Marx (to 1853) ; A Introduction to the Marx Selection ; B Selection Thirteen: Karl Marx, 'The East India Question'