Ideologies of the Raj,9780521395472

Ideologies of the Raj

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ISBN13: 9780521395472
ISBN10: 052139547X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1995-03-31
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
viii
Preface ix
Introduction: Britain and India in the eighteenth century
1(27)
Liberalism and empire
28(38)
The creation of difference
66(47)
The ordering of difference
113(47)
Coping with contradiction
160(55)
Epilogue: Raj, nation, empire
215(20)
Bibliographic essay 235(6)
Index 241

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