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Contents includes: Introduction -- Crown Rule to 1880 -- Liberal Imperialism, 1880-1899 -- The Consequences of Lord Curzon: India or the Empire, 1899-1916 -- The First World War, 1914-1922 -- Dyarchy and Depression, 1922-1939 -- The Impact of War, 1939-1945 -- Independence, 1945-1947 -- Conclusion.
Summary: 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. Readership: Part of the Anthem Perspectives in History series, this volume will be a useful resource for A level and undergraduate students of history, as well as the general reader interested in the history of British India. (Publisher)
Anthem perspectives in history.