Raj : the making and unmaking of British India /
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| Author / Creator: | James, Lawrence, 1943- |
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Imprint: | New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998. |
| Description: | xiv, 722 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3561731 |
Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. The Company Ascendant: 1740-84. 1. Prologue: Mughal Twilight. 2. A Glorious Prospect: Robert Clive's Wars, 1740-55. 3. New Strength from Conquest: Bengal, 1755-65. 4. An Empire Within an Empire: British Reactions to Indian Conquests
- Pt. 2. The Conquest of India: 1784-1856. 1. No Retreat: Grand Strategy and Small Wars, 1784-1826. 2. The Cossack and the Sepoy: Misadventures of an Asian Power, 1826-42. 3. The cast of a Die: The Sind and the Sikhs, 1843-49. 4. Robust Bodies and Obstinate Minds: An Anatomy of Conquest
- Pt. 3. The Raj Consolidated: 1784-1856. 1. European Gentlemen: India's New Ruling Class. 2. Utility and Beneficence: British Visions and Indian Realities. 3. Gradual and Mild Correction: Taxing and Policing India. 4. A Hearty Desire: Sex, Religion and the Raj
- Pt. 4. The Mutiny: 1857-59. 1. The Sahib Paid No Attention: The Raj Imperilled, January-July 1857. 2. Very Harrowing Work: The Raj Resurgent, August 1857-January 1859. 3. Like Elephants on Heat: Anglo-Indian Reactions to the Mutiny
- Pt. 5. Triumphs and Tremors: 1860-1914. 1. Low and Steady Pressure: The Exercise of Absolute Power. 2. Not as Relics but as Rulers: India's Princes. 3. We are British Subjects: Loyalty and Dissent, 1860-1905. 4. Not Worth the Candle: Wars, Real and Imaginary, 1854-1914. 5. Never at Peace: India's Frontiers and Armies. 6. Conciliatory Sugar Plums: Compromise and Coercion, 1906-14
- Pt. 6. Disturbances and Departures: 1914-48. 1. True to Our Salt: India and the First World War, 1914-18. 2. Strong Passion: Amritsar and After, 1919-22. 3. This Wonderful Land: Anglo-Indian Perspectives. 4. A Great Trial of Strength: Power Struggles, 1922-42. 5. A Bad Knock: India at War, January-July 1942. 6. An Occupied and Hostile Country: India at War, August 1942-August 1945. 7. What Are We Here For?: September 1945-February 1947. 8. Was It Too Quick?: Dividing and Departing, March-September 1947.