Margaret MacMillan

Women of the Raj

The Mothers, Wives and Daughters of the British Empire in India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A new edition of this vivid cultural and social history of the daughters, sisters, mothers and wives of the men at the centre of a daring imperialist experiment, revealing India in all its richness and vitality.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• New Edition
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9780500293744
• ISBN-10: 0500293740
• Artikelnr.: 49241903

Autorenporträt

Margaret MacMillan is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. Her books include The War that Ended Peace and Peacemakers, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize, and was a New York Times Editor's Choice.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the New Edition
Introduction
1. The Voyage Out
2. First Impressions
3. The Society of the Exiles
4. The Land of Exile
5. Facts of Life
6. Women in Danger
7. Courtship and Marriage
8. Children: Outposts of Empire
9. Housekeeping
10. Social Life and Amusements
11. On Holiday
12. Unconventional Women