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Auden, J. B 1903-1991 British India History British India Social life and customs Explorers Great Britain Biography Geologists Great Britain Biography India Civilization British influences India History British occupation, 1765-1947 Sharp, Nancy 1909-2001 Spender, Michael 1907-1945 Surveyors Great Britain BiographyBaker, Deborah
Summary: "John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalaya. Michael Spender was the first to draw a detailed map of the North Face of Mount Everest. While their younger brothers--W. H. Auden and Stephen Spender--achieved literary fame, they vied to be included on an expedition that would deliver Everest's summit to an Englishman, a quest that had become a metaphor for Britain's struggle to maintain...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graywolf Press 2018
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Summary: "Through the stories of administrators, soldiers and subjects, describes how the East India Company went from a trading company to a quasi-imperial government with over a quarter of a million troops, whose high tax on tea helped spark the American Revolution,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2016