The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947The British experience in India began in earnest over four hundred years ago, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. For many years the English interlopers and traders who made contact with the subcontinent were viewed by Indians as little more than pirates and potentially troublesome conquering barbarians. After a series of titanic struggles against the French and various local rulers during the eighteenth century, by the end of the Napoleonic Wars Britain had gained mastery of the subcontinent. This period, and the century and a half that followed, saw two powerful cultures locked in an often bloody battle over political control, land, trade, and a way of life. Denis Judd tells the fascinating story of the remarkable British impact upon India. All aspects of this long and controversial relationship are discussed, such as the first tentative contacts between East and West, the foundation of the East India Company in 1600, the Victorian Raj in all its pomp and splendour, Gandhi's revolutionary tactics to overthrow the Raj and restore Indian to the Indians, and Lord Mountbatten's 'swift surgery of Partition' in 1947, creating the two independent Commonwealth states of India and Pakistan. Against this epic backdrop, and using many revealing contemporary accounts, Denis Judd explores the consequences of British rule for both rulers and ruled. Were the British intent on development or exploitation? Were they the 'civilizing' force they claimed? What were Britain's greatest legacies: democracy and the rule of law, or cricket and an efficient railway system? Easy answers are avoided in this immensely readable, lively, and authoritative book. |
Contents
To fly to India for gold Early Contacts 15831615 | 1 |
Infamous for their honest endeavours Laying Foundations 16151708 | 14 |
Conquest and Corruption The Struggle for Supremacy 17081815 | 28 |
The great ends we have in view The East India Company as Paramount Power 18151857 | 46 |
The devils wind The Great Indian Uprising or Mutiny of 18571858 | 70 |
Lords of All they Surveyed? The Raj at its Zenith 18581905 | 91 |
The Beginning of the End? Reform and Conflict 19051919 | 114 |
Gandhi and the Fightback of Indian Nationalism 19191939 | 125 |
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References to this book
Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800-1914: [2 Volumes] Carl C. Hodge No preview available - 2007 |
Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire Alex Von Tunzelmann No preview available - 2007 |