The Bitter End Of The British Raj

Author : Ian A. C. Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781539510758
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bitter End of the British Raj written by Ian A. C. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is about a young Anglo-Indian boy, growing up in India towards the latter years of the British Raj. His battle with an inability to cope with the written word, leads him into conflict with his father who responds with a Victorian regime of discipline. Little comfort comes from the equally regimental boarding schools he is sent to. The story begins with an account of the author's long years of research into his complicated family history, supported by boyhood reminiscences from early years, through to his teens. Partition of the subcontinent in 1947 coincides with father being invalided out of the British Army with Tuberculosis. Loss of income compounded by high medical costs, subject the large family to poverty, humiliation and distressing circumstances.

Author : John MacKenzie
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300268815
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cultural History of the British Empire written by John MacKenzie and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling history of British imperial culture, showing how it was adopted and subverted by colonial subjects around the world As the British Empire expanded across the globe, it exported more than troops and goods. In every colony, imperial delegates dispersed British cultural forms. Facilitated by the rapid growth of print, photography, film, and radio, imperialists imagined this new global culture would cement the unity of the empire. But this remarkably wide-ranging spread of ideas had unintended and surprising results. In this groundbreaking history, John M. MacKenzie examines the importance of culture in British imperialism. MacKenzie describes how colonized peoples were quick to observe British culture—and adapted elements to their own ends, subverting British expectations and eventually beating them at their own game. As indigenous communities integrated their own cultures with the British imports, the empire itself was increasingly undermined. From the extraordinary spread of cricket and horse racing to statues and ceremonies, MacKenzie presents an engaging imperial history—one with profound implications for global culture in the present day.

Author : S. Rajamannar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137011076
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reading the Animal in the Literature of the British Raj written by S. Rajamannar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the production and circulation of animal narratives in colonial India in order to investigate the constructs of animals played into a variety of forms of othering that took place in England during its imperial venture.

Author : Stephen W. Sears
Publisher : New Word City
ISBN 13 : 1612308090
Total Pages : 1336 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire written by Stephen W. Sears and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2014-09-10 with total page 1336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1815, the British controlled the seas. Before the end of the nineteenth century, they ruled Australia, India, New Zealand, half of Africa, half of North America, and islands all around the globe. Theirs was the most powerful empire the world has ever known. Here is the story of how the English acquired their vast domain; how they ruled, maintained, and exploited it; and how, within decades, they presided over its dissolution. Here are Britain's triumphs and also her stinging defeats, her heroes and her scoundrels. It is a full and fascinating chronicle of the growth of the British Empire and its people and of the impact that empire had on the rest of the world.

Author : Stanley A. Wolpert
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195393945
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shameful Flight written by Stanley A. Wolpert and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranging from the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, this text provides a vivid behind-the-scenes look at Britain's decision to divest itself from the crown jewel of its empire. Wolpert, a leading authority on Indian history, paints memorable portraits of all the key participants.

Author : S. Patterson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230620175
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cult of Imperial Honor in British India written by S. Patterson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was imperial honor and how did it sustain the British Raj? If "No man may harm me with impunity" was an ancient theme of the European aristocracy, British imperialists of almost all classes in India possessed a similar vision of themselves as overlords belonging to an honorable race, so that ideals of honor condoned and sanctified their rituals, connecting them with status, power, and authority. Honor, most broadly, legitimated imperial rule, since imperialists ostensibly kept India safe from outside threats. Yet at the individual level, honor kept the "white herd" together, providing the protocols and etiquette for the imperialist, who had to conform to the strict notions of proper and improper behavior in a society that was always obsessed with maintaining its dominance over India and Indians.Examining imperial society through the prism of honor therefore opens up a new methodology for the study of British India.

Author : Deana Heath
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136867872
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communalism and Globalization in South Asia and Its Diaspora written by Deana Heath and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-12-22 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking as its premise the belief that communalism is not a resurgence of tradition but is instead an inherently modern phenomenon, as well as a product of the fundamental agencies and ideas of modernity, and that globalization is neither a unique nor unprecedented process, this book addresses the question of whether globalization has amplified or muted processes of communalism. It does so through exploring the concurrent histories of communalism and globalization in four South Asian contexts - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - as well as in various diasporic locations, from the nineteenth century to the present. Including contributions by some of the most notable scholars working on communalism in South Asia and its diaspora as well as by some challenging new voices, the book encompasses both different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. It looks at a range of methodologies in an effort to stimulate new debates on the relationship between communalism and globalization, and is a useful contribution to studies on South Asia and Asian History.

Author : Lawrence James
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312263829
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Raj written by Lawrence James and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-08-12 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the critically acclaimed author of "The Rise and Fall of the British Empire" comes an unapologetic revisionist history of British rule in India. James recounts the twists and turns of imperialism and independence with a wealth of new material. 8-page photo insert.

Author : Michael D. Leigh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472589750
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Collapse of British Rule in Burma written by Michael D. Leigh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands of evacuees were trapped in a huge area of no-man's-land in the north. They made their way to India through the so-called 'jungles of death', attempting to trek out of Burma amidst perilous conditions. Drawing on diverse and previously unpublished accounts, Michael D. Leigh analyses the experiences of evacuees in both Burma and India and critically examines the impact of evacuation on colonial and Burmese politics in the lead-up to independence in 1948. This study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Burmese history, 20th-century imperialism and the global reach of the Second World War.

Author : Theophilus E. Samuel Scholes
Publisher : London : E. Stock
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The British Empire and Alliances; Or, Britain's Duty to Her Colonies and Subject Races written by Theophilus E. Samuel Scholes and published by London : E. Stock. This book was released on 1899 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: