Britain in India, 1858–1947 (Anthem Perspectives in History) - Softcover

Knight, Lionel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0857285173 ISBN 13: 9780857285171

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2012

Synopsis

‘Britain in India, 1858–1947’ seeks to trace the last 90 years of British rule in the light of modern historical debates. The volume examines the ambiguities of British rule that followed from the post-Mutiny settlement: the tensions between an authoritarian bureaucracy and the promise of a liberal vision of the future, and between imperial interests and the growing coordination of Indian aspirations for self-rule. The volume analyses these tensions with reference to contemporary historical debates, and traces them through changing international relations and world wars to Indian independence and partition in 1947.

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Book Description

An examination of the last ninety years of British India from the establishment of Crown rule after the Mutiny to withdrawal  and partition in 1947.

About the Author

Lionel Knight is the retired head of history and politics at the City of London School in England. He holds an MA from Cambridge University and a teaching qualification from the Institute of Education, University of London, and was a schoolteacher fellow at St Hugh’s College in Oxford. He has served on the councils of the Royal Asiatic Society and the Hakluyt Society.

About this edition

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0857285173
• ISBN 13: 9780857285171
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228