A. Wainwright

'The better class' of Indians

Social rank, Imperial identity, and South Asians in Britain 1858-1914

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. It argues that class served as the primary register through which British polite society interpreted and applied other social distinctions such as race, gender, and religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 442g
• ISBN-13: 9780719089084
• ISBN-10: 0719089085
• Artikelnr.: 36621812

Autorenporträt

A. Martin Wainwright is Associate Professor of History at The University of Akron

Inhaltsangabe

General Editor's introduction 1. Ranjitsinjhi's Britain Part I:
Institutions 2. The India Office 3. The National Indian Association 4.
London's inner-city missions to Indians Part II: Interactions 5. Imperial
subjecthood and legal identity 6. Patterns of compassion: Aiding Indians in
need 7. Scholarships and the civilising mission 8. Assimilation and
ostracism in education 9. A hierarchical empire Bibliography Index