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Servants of the Empire
Patrick O'Leary
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Hardback. The first book to examine the proposition that Irish public servants in India were moved by their 'Irishness' to subvert or eccentrically implement policies of the Raj. Essential reading for those wishing to understand the three-way interaction between the Irish, the empire and the peoples of India. Series Editor(s): Thompson, Andrew; MacKenzie, John. Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Maps. BIC Classification: 1FK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBTQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 163 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Punjab, ‘the pride of British India’, attracted the cream of the Indian Civil Service, many of the most influential of whom were Irish. Some of these men, along with Irish viceroys, were inspired by their Irish backgrounds to ensure security of tenure for the Punjabi peasant, besides developing vast irrigation schemes which resulted in the province becoming India’s most affluent. But similar inspiration contributed to the severity of measures taken against Indian nationalist dissent, culminating in the Amritsar massacre which so catastrophically transformed politics on the sub-continent.
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Imperialism
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719083853
SKU
V9780719083853
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About Patrick O'Leary
Patrick O’Leary is an independent scholar. -- .
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