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The History of British India, 6 vols. (1826)

James Mill’s History is a work of Benthamite “philosophical history” from which the reader is supposed to draw lessons about human nature, reason and religion, and the deleterious impact of commercial monopolies like the East India Company.

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The History of British India in 6 vols. (3rd edition) (London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826).

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The text is in the public domain.