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Raj: Making and Unmaking of British India - Hardcover

James, Lawrence

 
9780316640725: Raj: Making and Unmaking of British India
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316640727 ISBN 13: 9780316640725
Verlag: Little, Brown & Company, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its masters knew that it rested ultimately on the goodwill of Indians. This is a new look at a subject rich in incident and character; the India of the Raj was that of Clive, Kipling, Curzon and Gandhi and a host of lesser known others. RAJ will provoke debate, for it sheds new light on Mountbatten and the events of 1946-47 which ended an exercise in benign autocracy and an experiment in altruism.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lawrence James was born in Bath and was educated at the University of York and Merton College, Oxford. After a distinguished teaching career he has emerged as one of the outstanding narrative historians of his generation.

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Verlag
Little, Brown & Company
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0316640727
ISBN 13 
9780316640725
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
544
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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