Revenue and Reform: The Indian Problem in British Politics, 1757-1773 Book

List of tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction;

1. Traders into sovereigns: the East India Company, 1757-1765;
2. Perceptions of empire;
3. The policy-makers: Parliament and the East India Company;
4. Crown and Company (I): the Diwani and the inquiry of 1767;
5. Crown and Company (II): foreign relations, 1766-1769;
6. Attempts at reform (I): civil, military, and judicial affairs, 1767-1772;
7. Attempts at reform (II): trade and revenue, 1767-1772;
8. The East India Company crisis of 1772;
9. Response to crisis (I): high politics and the committees of inquiry, 1772-1773;
10. Response to crisis (II): trade, finance, and reform;
11. The final act? the passage of Lord North's East India legislation, 1773; Conclusion; Select bibliography; Index.