Ian St. John

The Making of the Raj (eBook, PDF)

India under the East India Company

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book opens up a frequently neglected aspect of the rise of British power in India: namely, the impact of that process upon the lives the Indian people themselves for three centuries.

Most traditional Raj histories deal with the actions, motives, and thoughts of the British who occupied, governed, and administered the subcontinent. The Making of the Raj: India under the East India Company flips the focus and tells not of the rulers but concentrates on the Indian workers-the farmers, the millhands, the servants, and the gardeners. The book uncovers the untold and priceless tales of the individuals who were subjected to the rule of the British during the Raj, describing the impacts upon the lives of Indians themselves.

The book traces the history of British interactions with India from their beginnings in the early 1600s, through to the establishment of Raj in the wake of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. The first part provides a narrative of the transformation of the East Indian company from trading enterprise to governing authority. The second portion of the text considers the effects of these developments thematically, examining issues such as the organization of agriculture, the development of the caste system, and the myriad changes in cultural and religious life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313097362
• Artikelnr.: 37835268

Autorenporträt

Ian St. John received his doctor of philosophy degree in modern history at Nuffield College, Oxford, England, and is head of history at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, England.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Part I: The Expansion of British Rule 1600-1859 1 First Impressions
2 Indians and the Making of the Raj 3 Bengal and Beyond Part II: The
Experience of British Rule 1600-1859 4 Landed Society and British Rule 5
Commerce and Industry under Company Rule 6 The Company, Class, and Caste 7
The Experience of the State 8 Cultural and Religious Life under Company
Rule 9 Resistance to British Rule Notes Bibliography Index