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The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947
Denis Judd
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Description for The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947
Paperback. Telling the story of the remarkable British impact upon India, this book examines what the Raj really meant for the British and their Indian subjects. Among the questions explored are whether the British were intent on development or exploitation, whether they were the civilizing force they claimed, and what their greatest legacies were. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
The 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 ... Read more
The 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
290g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780192805799
SKU
V9780192805799
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About Denis Judd
Denis Judd is Professor of British Imperial, Commonwealth, and Indian History, at the London Metropolitan University. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1865 to the Present (HarperCollins, 1996), which was second on the best selling London hardback list, and most recently, The Boer War (John Murray, 2002, paperback 2003). He ... Read more
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