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Security and progress : Lord Salisbury at the India office / Paul R. Brumpton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brumpton, Paul R., 1964-
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of world history 0885-9159 ; no. 99.
- Contributions to the study of world history, 0885-9159 ; no. 99
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Salisbury, Robert Cecil, Marquess of, 1830-1903.
- Salisbury, Robert Cecil.
- International relations.
- British.
- History.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--1837-1901.
- Great Britain.
- British--India--History--19th century.
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--India.
- India--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- India.
- India--Foreign relations--1857-1919.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 245 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
- Summary:
- Examines the imperial policies of Salisbury and "liberal" notions of empire after the Indian Mutiny.
- Contents:
- Salisbury: A Biographical Summary xi
- Part 1 The Anglo-Indian Relationship 7
- 1 The Limits of a Liberal Empire 9
- 2 A "Mediating Power": Policy Making and the India Office 31
- Part 2 Welfare and Material Progress 71
- 3 Feeding India: The Crisis in Indian Famine Management 73
- 4 The Ryot's Progress 105
- 5 Financing Progress: Public Works and Indian Resources 125
- Part 3 Security and Imperial Defense 151
- 6 The Princes and the Paramount Power 153
- 7 Diplomacy and Arms: Anglo-Afghan Relations and the Defense of India 187.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0313317526
- OCLC:
- 49260837
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