The British in India : a social history of the Raj /

Explores the lives of the British in India from the seventeenth century to Independence, profiling the everyday realities of everyday British people, including missionaries, East India Company employees and forestry officials.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gilmour, David, 1952- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part one. Aspirations. Numbers-- Motivations
  • Origins and identities
  • Imperial apprentices
  • Voyages and other journeys
  • Part two. Endeavours. Working lives : insiders
  • Working lives : the open air
  • The military life
  • Part three. Experiences. Intimacies
  • Domesticities
  • Formalities
  • Singularities
  • At ease
  • Last posts
  • Envoi.