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Klappentext Trevelyan's fictionalised letters chart the changing attitudes of an Englishman in India in the years around the 1857 1859 Mutiny. Zusammenfassung Trevelyan's fascinating and often controversial 'letters' combine recognition of cultural relativity, the dangers of racial prejudice, and an affirmation of the Liberal imperialist's duty to govern for the 'benefit of the inhabitants of India', spreading justice, education and Christianity in the years following the conflict of 1857–1859. Inhaltsverzeichnis Letter of introduction; 1. The two systems; 2. An Indian railway; 3. A government school and an opium factory; 4. A story of the great mutiny; 5. A journey, a grand tumasha, and the truth about the civil service career; 6. A tiger-party in Nepaul; 7. About Calcutta and its climate; 8. About the Hindoo character; 9. British temper towards India, before, during, and since the mutiny; 10. The 'Anglo-Saxon' party in India; 11. Christianity in India; 12. Education in India since 1835 Thomas Babington Macaulay.

Product details

• Authors: George Otto Trevelyan, Trevelyan George Otto
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9781108023528
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02352-8
• No. of pages: 470
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Travel > Travel guides > Asia; Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General