Eddy Kent

Corporate Character

Representing Imperial Power in British India, 1786-1901

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Produktbeschreibung

Eddy Kent examines novels, short stories, poems, essays, memoirs, private correspondence, and parliamentary speeches related to the East India Company and the Indian Civil Service to explain the origins of the imperial ethos of “virtuous service.”

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 507g
• ISBN-13: 9781442648463
• ISBN-10: 1442648465
• Artikelnr.: 41025918

Autorenporträt

Eddy Kent is an assistant professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Preface: The 8,000 Mile Screwdriver
Introduction: Empire’s Corporate Culture
1. Corruption and the Corporation: The Impeachment of Warren Hastings
2. How the Civil Service Got its Name: India as a Noble Profession
3. Representing Working Conditions in Company India
4. Corporate Culture in Post-Company India
5. Unmaking a Company Man: Rudyard Kipling’s Kim
Conclusion: Out of India
Works Cited
Index