The Raj, An Eye-Witness History of the British in India

Descrição

Introduction —

1. The early days of the East India Company 1600-1760 —
2. Shaking the pagoda tree 1760-1810 —
3. Impressions of an ancient land 1805-1838 —
4. Noonday’s children 1834-1838 —
5. Two sisters in Calcutta 1836-1837 —
6. Visits to the Himalayas: the lion of the Punjab 1837-1841 —
7. The Sind campaign, the Sikh wars and the kingdom of Oudh 1842-1850 —
7. The Mutiny: the assault on Delhi 1857 —
9. The Mutiny: Futtegurh and Gwalior, ‘the Little House at Arrah’ and Cawnpore 1857 —
10. The Mutiny: Lucknow relieved and retaken 1857-1858 —
11. The competition wallah and the Bengal civilian 1862-1873 —
12. Humorous and picturesque 1873-1890 —
13. East is East and West is West 1880s-1900s —
14. A loss of confidence 1903-1930 —
15. Recessional 1930-1947 —
Glossary; Sources; Index.

xlvi, 648 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 26 cm.

Edited by Roger Hudson ; introduction by Raleigh Trevelyan.