The illusion of permanence : British imperialism in India /

By combining the techniques of intellectual history and social psychology Professor Hutchins provides a new perspective for an understanding of the intellectual atmosphere of British imperialism in India in the nineteenth century. The author stresses that the illusion of permanence began some years...

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Váldodahkki: Hutchins, Francis G. (Dahkki)
Materiálatiipa: Licensed eBooks
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Almmustuhtton: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Ráidu:Princeton legacy library.
Liŋkkat:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1078779
Sisdoallologahallan:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • I. Evangelicism, Utilitarianism, and the Origin of the Idea of a Just Rule
  • II. The Right Sort of Conduct: India's Attraction for Victorian Englishmen
  • III. Concepts of Indian Character
  • IV. The Response to the Mutiny of 1857 and the Abolition of the East India Company
  • V. British Indian Society: A Middle Class Aristocracy
  • VI. Technology, Force, Democracy
  • VII. Nation and Empire
  • VIII. The Attempted Orientalization of British Rule
  • IX. The Response to the Nationalist Challenge
  • X. The Fragility of Imperial Confidence
  • Bibliography
  • Index