The Importance of the British Dominion in India, Compared with That in America
- Anonymous Pamphleteer 1770 (author)
- Jack P. Greene (collection editor)
This essay is a 18th-century pamphlet published in 1770 that weighs the relative strategic and political value of Britain’s colonial holdings in India against those in the Americas — a pressing question at a time when Britain was consolidating its empire following the Seven Years' War. The work spans 58 pages and falls within the genres of history, political commentary, and social science, reflecting the lively pamphlet debates of the era over imperial priorities.
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