Ideologies of the Raj
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
The New Cambridge History of India
ISBN-10
0521589371
ISBN-13
9780521589376
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 27th, 1997
Print length
258 Pages
Weight
386 grams
Dimensions
22.70 x 15.30 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
c 1500 onwards to present dayAsian historyAsian history
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Thomas Metcalf's fascinating study examines the ways the British sought to legitimate their rule over India.
Ideologies of the Raj examines how the British sought to justify their rule over India. The author argues that two divergent strategies were devised to legitimate their authority: the one defined characteristics which the Indians shared with the British themselves, while the other emphasised qualities of enduring 'difference'. In the end, however, the differences predominated in the colonial view of India. Since the British constructed few explicit ideologies of empire, the author explores the workings of the Raj through the study of its underlying assumptions as revealed in policies and writings. Students of modern India and the British Empire will find Thomas Metcalf's book relevant and accessible.
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