Britain in India, 1858-1947 /
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| Author / Creator: | Knight, Lionel. |
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2012. |
| Description: | ix, 214 p. : map ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anthem perspectives in history Anthem perspectives in history. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8935531 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. The British Indian Empire
- 2. An Empire of Opinion: The Legacy of the English East India Company
- 3. 1857
- 4. A Magna Carta for India
- Chapter 1. Crown Rule to 1880
- 1. Coercion or Collaboration?
- 2. The Second Afghan War
- 3. Government and the Economy
- Chapter 2. Liberal Imperialism, 1880-1899
- 1. Different Liberalisms
- 2. The Indian National Congress
- 3. Nationalists and the Economy: The 'Drain'
- 4. Communalism
- Chapter 3. The Consequences of Lord Curzon: India or the Empire, 1899-1916
- 1. Lord Curzon
- 2. Foreign Policy
- 3. The Partition of Bengal
- 4. Curzon's Departure
- 5. The Morley-Minto Reforms
- 6. Terrorism
- 7. New Delhi and the Lucknow Pact, 1916
- 8. Diaspora
- 9. The Illusion of Permanence
- Chapter 4. The First World War, 1914-1922
- 1. The Strains of War
- 2. Wartime Politics: The Loss of the Initiative
- 3. Gandhi and the Rowlatt Satyagraha
- 4. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
- 5. The Khilafat Movement
- 6. Non-Cooperation
- Chapter 5. Dyarchy and Depression, 1922-1939
- 1. Provincial Politics
- 2. Communalism and Civil Society
- 3. Constitutional Initiatives
- 4. The Depression: Indian Business Turns to Congress
- 5. Socialism's Limited Success
- 6. Federation and the States
- 7. The Government of India Act, 1935
- 8. The 1937 Election
- 9. Congress Raj, 1937-39
- Chapter 6. The Impact of War, 1939-1945
- 1. Direct Rule
- 2. The Lahore Resolution
- 3. The Cripps Mission: 22 March-12 April 1942
- 4. Quit India
- 5. The Price of Victory
- Chapter 7. Independence, 1945-1947
- 1. The 1945-46 Election
- 2. The Cabinet Mission, March-August 1946
- 3. Rising Pressure
- 4. Lord Mountbatten
- 5. The Boundary Commission
- 6. The Integration of the States
- 7. Independence
- 8. Partition: Two Nations?
- Conclusion
- Appendix A
- Appendix B
- Chronology
- Notes
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- Questions
- Index
