Indians in London : from the birth of the East India Company to independent India / Arup K. Chatterjee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chatterjee, Arup K., author.

Contributor:

Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indians--England--London--History.

East Indians.

History.

England--London.

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 507 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Export Edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Bloomsbury India, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Act I What Trade Art Thou

Scene I The Baptism

Scene II Brewing a Colony in a Tea Cup

Scene III An Indian Fish, Dead or Alive

Act II Lays of Little Bengal

Scene I An Armenian in the City

Scene II The Orient Arrives

Scene III From an Indian Harem to a London Tavern

Scene IV Nurseries for Nabobs

Scene V For the Sake of Mahomet

Act III Begums, Baboos, Seamen and Spirits

Scene I Married to Empire

Scene II Ragtag of the Raj

Scene III Scent of Steam

Scene IV The Baboos' Last Sigh

Act IV A Nation Known by Stage

Scene I City of Counsellors and Clients

Scene II Trains of Fact and Folklore

Scene III Raising the Bar

Scene IV A House of Uncommons

Scene V A Theatre of Theatres

Act V Defending the Island

Scene I Jewel in the Crown

Scene II The Spirit and the Spectre

Scene III The League of a Nation

Scene IV Between the Ink and the Deep Sea

Scene V If Empire Be the Love of Food.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-481) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.

ISBN:

9789389449174

9389449170

OCLC:

1251765204

Publisher Number:

99988778774