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==British Period==
==British Period==
see [[East India Company]]
In 1608, a ship owned by the British East India Company dropped anchor off Surat, marking the start of British colonization. The British presence would remain discreet for 150 years. India offered a sphere of trade activity for merchants and a field for troop maneuvers.
In 1608, a ship owned by the British East India Company dropped anchor off Surat, marking the start of British colonization. The British presence would remain discreet for 150 years. India offered a sphere of trade activity for merchants and a field for troop maneuvers.
==19th century==
==19th century==
[[File:Eic-india.jpg|thumb|290px|growth of the East India Company 1780-1804]]
The British expanded their influence from these footholds until, by the 1850s, they controlled most of South Asia, including present-day India, [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Bangladesh]]. The Victorian era brought new values and led to greater Westernization.
The British expanded their influence from these footholds until, by the 1850s, they controlled most of South Asia, including present-day India, [[Pakistan]], [[Sri Lanka]], and [[Bangladesh]]. The Victorian era brought new values and led to greater Westernization.
* Rudolph, Lloyd I. ''In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State'' (1987).
* Rudolph, Lloyd I. ''In Pursuit of Lakshmi: The Political Economy of the Indian State'' (1987).
* Roy, Tirthankar. ''The Economic History of India 1857-1947'' (2006). [http://www.amazon.com/Economic-History-1857-1947-Oxford-Textbooks/dp/0195684303/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189744962&sr=1-1 excerpt and online search from Amazon.com]
* Roy, Tirthankar. ''The Economic History of India 1857-1947'' (2006). [http://www.amazon.com/Economic-History-1857-1947-Oxford-Textbooks/dp/0195684303/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189744962&sr=1-1 excerpt and online search from Amazon.com]
===India in the British Empire===
* Cain, P. J. and A.G. Hopkins. ''British Imperialism, 1688-2000'' (2nd ed. 2001), 739pp, detailed economic history that presents the new "gentlemanly capitalists" thesis [http://www.amazon.com/British-Imperialism-Crisis-Deconstruction-1914-1990/dp/058220965X/ref=sr_1_2/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191842268&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]
* Louis, William. Roger (general editor), ''The Oxford History of the British Empire'', 5 vols. (1998–99).
** vol 1 "The Origins of Empire" ed. by Nicholas Canny
** vol 2 "The Eighteenth Century" ed. by P. J. Marshall [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-British-Empire-Eighteenth/dp/0199246777/ref=sr_1_3/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191842268&sr=8-3 excerpt and text search]
** vol 3 ''The Nineteenth Century'' edited by William Roger Louis, Alaine M. Low, Andrew Porter; (1998). 780 pp.. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98650583 online edition], also [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-British-Empire-Nineteenth/dp/0199246785/ref=sr_1_8/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191842268&sr=8-8 excerpt and text search]
** vol 5 "Historiography" ed, by Robin W. Winks (1999) [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-British-Empire-Historiography/dp/0199246807/ref=sr_1_25/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191842573&sr=8-25 excerpt and text search]
* Marshall, P. J. (ed.), ''The Cambridge Illustrated History of the British Empire'' (1996). [http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Illustrated-History-British-Empire/dp/0521002540/ref=sr_1_12/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1191842268&sr=8-12 excerpt and text search]
===Primary sources===
===Primary sources===
*Jackson, A.V. et al, eds. ''History of India'' (1907) ''v.9. Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental,'' by A.V.W. Jackson [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia09jackiala online edition]
*Jackson, A.V. et al, eds. ''History of India'' (1907) ''v.9. Historic accounts of India by foreign travellers, classic, oriental, and occidental,'' by A.V.W. Jackson [http://www.archive.org/details/historyofindia09jackiala online edition]