Lord William Bentinck : The Making of a Liberal Imperialist 1774 - 1839 / John Rosselli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosselli, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish, Lord, 1774-1839.

Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish.

Governors--India--Biography.

Governors.

India--Politics and government--19th century.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (388 p.) : 1 frontisp., 1 illustration

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1974]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

1 • A REPUTATION

2 • BURLINGTON HOUSE

3 • A STUDIOUS SOLDIER

4 • A DISCIPLE OF BURKE

5 • A PITTITE IN DISGRACE

6 • AN EVANGELICAL COUPLE

7 • AN INDEPENDENT CANNINGITE

8 • A KIND OF LIBERAL

9 • A FENLAND IMPROVER

10 • THE ROAD TO CALCUTTA

1 • SERVING THE NATION

2 • THE NATION IN ARMS: FROM FLANDERS TO SICILY, 1793-1811

3 • BRITISH GREATNESS AND INDIAN HAPPINESS: MADRAS, 1803-1807

4 • 'THE QUEEN OF OUR COLONIES': SICILY, 1811-1814

5 • THE ITALIAN ADVENTURE, 1811-1815

6 • 'NATIONALITY' FOR INDIA, 1828-1839

7 • A BRITISH MUGHAL EMPIRE

8 • 'RESPONSIBLE PARTNERS': NATIVE AGENCY AND NATIVE AGENTS

9 • NATIONALITY AND CULTURE: RELIGIOUS, LINGUISTIC, AND EDUCATIONAL POLICY

10 • THE EXPANSIONOF EMPIRE

1 • FROM CERTAINTY TO DOUBT

2 • APPRENTICESHIP IN MADRAS

3 • APPRENTICESHIP IN SICILY

4 • DISILLUSION AND FULFILMENT: THE WESTERN PROVINCES, 1829-1833

5 • THE SHEPHERD AND THE WOLF: JUDICIAL REFORM, 1805-1835

1 • THE RIFT IN THE DARKNESS

2 • BRITISH RULE AND INDIAN DEVELOPMENT, 1803-1839

3 • DEVELOPMENT FOR WHOSE BENEFIT?

1 • THE WHEEL OF ADMINISTRATION

2 • HEAD OF THE SERVICE

3 • ADMINISTRATIVE GENERALSHIP

4 • A UTILITARIAN GOVERNOR-GENERAL?

EPILOGUE

References

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520313613

0520313615

OCLC:

1149438662