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The British in India : a social history of the Raj
- Title
- The British in India : a social history of the Raj / David Gilmour.
- Author
- Gilmour, David, 1952-
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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Details
- Description
- xviii, 618 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Who of the British went to India, and why? We know about Kipling and Forster, Orwell and Scott, but what of the youthful forestry official, the enterprising boxwallah, the fervid missionary? What motivated them to travel halfway around the globe, what lives did they lead when they got there, and what did they think about it all? Full of spirited, illuminating anecdotes drawn from long-forgotten memoirs, correspondence, and government documents, The British in India weaves a rich tapestry of the everyday experiences of the Britons who found themselves in "the jewel in the crown" of the British Empire. David Gilmour captures the substance and texture of their work, home, and social lives, and illustrates how these transformed across the several centuries of British presence and rule in the subcontinent, from the East India Company's first trading station in 1615 to the twilight of the Raj and Partition and Independence in 1947. He takes us through remote hill stations, bustling coastal ports, opulent palaces, regimented cantonments, and dense jungles, revealing the country as seen through British eyes, and wittily reveling in all the particular concerns and contradictions that were a consequence of that limited perspective. The British in India is a breathtaking accomplishment, a vivid and balanced history written with brio, elegance, and erudition.
- Alternative Title
- Social history of the Raj
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Published in Great Britain in 2018 by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, as: The British in India: Three Centuries of Ambition and Experience.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-578) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Part one. Aspirations. Numbers-- Motivations -- Origins and identities -- Imperial apprentices -- Voyages and other journeys -- Part two. Endeavours. Working lives : insiders -- Working lives : the open air -- The military life -- Part three. Experiences. Intimacies -- Domesticities -- Formalities -- Singularities -- At ease -- Last posts -- Envoi.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-10934
- ISBN
- 9780374116859
- 0374116857
- LCCN
- 2018026606
- OCLC
- 1019927454
- Author
- Gilmour, David, 1952- author.
- Title
- The British in India : a social history of the Raj / David Gilmour.
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-578) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1765-1947
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-10934