Corporate character : representing imperial power in British India, 1786-1901 / Eddy Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Eddy, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East India Company--History.

East India Company.

Corporate culture--Great Britain--History.

Corporate culture.

Corporate culture--India--History.

India--Politics and government--1765-1947.

India.

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

India--Civilization--British influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 221 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Canada : University of Toronto Press, [2014].

Summary:

Eddy Kent examines novels, short stories, poems, essays, memoirs, private correspondence, and parliamentary speeches related to the East India Company and the Indian Civil Service to explain the origins of the imperial ethos of "virtuous service."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface: The 8, 000-Mile Screwdriver

Introduction: Empire's Corporate Culture

1. Corruption and the Corporation: The Impeachment of Warren Hastings

2. How the Civil Service Got Its Name: India as a Noble Profession

3. Representing Working Conditions in Company India

4. Corporate Culture in Post-Company India

5. Unmaking a Company Man in Rudyard Kipling's Kim

Conclusion: Out of India

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781442617018 (electronic book)

1-4426-1701-2

9781442617025

OCLC:

1046616051