The Ruling Caste - Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj

A history of the British administration in South Asia during the reign of Queen Victoria profiles the India Civil Service and the society they attempted to build in the region, explaining how officers and their families were expected to fulfill a wide range of roles, from magistrates and settlement officers to sanitation inspectors and public-health officers.

Product details

• Authors: David Gilmour
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2006
• EAN: 9780374283544
• ISBN: 978-0-374-28354-4
• No. of pages: 381
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 38 mm