Mountstuart Elphinstone in South Asia : pioneer of British colonial rule /
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Lowland Scottish traveller, East India Company civil servant and educator, was one of the principal intellectual architects of British colonial rule in South Asia. This volume examines Mountstuart Elphinstone's intellectual contributions and administrative c...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Hurst & Company,
2019.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Lowland Scottish traveller, East India Company civil servant and educator, was one of the principal intellectual architects of British colonial rule in South Asia. This volume examines Mountstuart Elphinstone's intellectual contributions and administrative career in their own right, in relation to prominent contemporaries including Charles Metcalfe and William Moorcroft, and in the context of later historical study of India, Afghanistan, British imperialism and its imperial frontiers. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2019. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxviii, 418 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190943066 0190943068 0190092602 9780190092603 |