Ideologies of the Raj / Thomas R. Metcalf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metcalf, Thomas R., 1934- author.

Series:

New Cambridge history of India ; III, 4.

The new Cambridge history of India ; III, 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

Summary:

Ideologies of the Raj examines how the British sought to justify their rule over India. The author argues that two divergent strategies were devised to legitimate their authority: the one defined characteristics which the Indians shared with the British themselves, while the other emphasised qualities of enduring 'difference'. In the end, however, the differences predominated in the colonial view of India. Since the British constructed few explicit ideologies of empire, the author explores the workings of the Raj through the study of its underlying assumptions as revealed in policies and writings. Students of modern India and the British Empire will find Thomas Metcalf's book relevant and accessible.

Contents:

Introduction : Britain and India in the Eighteenth Century

Liberalism and empire

The creation of difference

The ordering of difference

Coping with contradiction

Epilogue: Raj, nation, empire.

Notes:

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781139053402 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

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