Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2018-09-06
Books mentioned on Part Two: The Most Evil Company In History
Robert is joined again by Michael Swaim to continue discussing the 'era of heroic commerce.' Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.
Robert Evans discussed The East India Company and the Natural World by V. Damodaran and others and Return of a King by William Dalrymple.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The East India Company and the Natural World
Discussed“I ran into a college textbook called the East India Company and the Natural World. It had a whole chapter on the famine and thanks to the bountiful goddess of capitalism, Springer allowed me to buy just that chapter for $30.”
Where to get it
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Return of a King
Discussed“Uh, according to the wonderful book Return of a King, by 1796, quote, "The company was expanding rapidly out from its coastal factories to conquer much of the interior. Well's Indian campaigns would ultimately annex more territory than all of Napoleon's conquests in Europe."”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Merchant Kings
“Now merchant kings mentioned the famine in passing but didn't get into much detail on the matter. It was a famine. It was very very bad. So I decided to do a little bit of extra digging”
Plugged A (brief) history of vice
“I have a book uh on Amazon called a brief history of vice. Uh and you can find this website on the internet at behindthebards.com.”