1825 scarce Matthew STEWART Policy Government INDIA Invasion of Burmah [Burma]

Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - SCARCE TRACT ON INDIA WITH A DISTINCTLY ANTI-IMPERIALIST TONE -STEWART (Matthew, Scottish army officer, and son of philosopher Professor Dugald Stewart, 1785-1851).Some considerations on the policy of the Government of India, especially with reference to the invasion of Burmah. (London): n.p., 1825. Presumed first edition. Consecutively numbered from a larger volume of tracts. Title, 206-258 pp. Modern cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Size: 8vo (22cm x 14.2cm).Very Good condition. Discreet library wet stamp to verso of title page (first page of text). Pages clean and bright. A well-preserved example. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.A prosaically written tract on imperialism in India in the context of the First Anglo-Burmese War (1824-26) by Matthew Stewart, the son of Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart. The first line sets the tone: 'To the many unavoidable evils which attend a country subjected by conquest to the administration of another, lying at a remote distance, a prodigious aggravation arises from the little interest the conquerors are apt to take in its concerns.' A no-holds-barred critique of Britain's politico-economic role on the sub-continent. key words:

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