Bibliograph

The British in India, a social history of the Raj, David Gilmour

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The British in India, a social history of the Raj, David Gilmour

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-578) and index

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contains biographical information

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platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The British in India

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1019927454

Responsibility statement

David Gilmour

Sub title

a social history of the Raj

Summary

Explores the lives of the British in India from the seventeenth century to Independence, profiling the everyday realities of everyday British people, including missionaries, East India Company employees, and forestry officials

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Part one. Aspirations. Numbers-- Motivations -- Origins and identities -- Imperial apprentices -- Voyages and other journeys -- Part two. Endeavours. Working lives : insiders -- Working lives : the open air -- The military life -- Part three. Experiences. Intimacies -- Domesticities -- Formalities -- Singularities -- At ease -- Last posts -- Envoi

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