Britain In India, 1858-1947 (anthem Perspectives In History)
by Lionel Knight /
2012 / English / PDF
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‘Britain in India, 1858–1947’ seeks to trace the last 90 years of
British rule in the light of modern historical debates. The
volume examines the ambiguities of British rule that followed
from the post-Mutiny settlement: the tensions between an
authoritarian bureaucracy and the promise of a liberal vision of
the future, and between imperial interests and the growing
coordination of Indian aspirations for self-rule. The volume
analyses these tensions with reference to contemporary historical
debates, and traces them through changing international relations
and world wars to Indian independence and partition in 1947.
‘Britain in India, 1858–1947’ seeks to trace the last 90 years of
British rule in the light of modern historical debates. The
volume examines the ambiguities of British rule that followed
from the post-Mutiny settlement: the tensions between an
authoritarian bureaucracy and the promise of a liberal vision of
the future, and between imperial interests and the growing
coordination of Indian aspirations for self-rule. The volume
analyses these tensions with reference to contemporary historical
debates, and traces them through changing international relations
and world wars to Indian independence and partition in 1947.