Observations on State of Society Among Asiatic Subjects of Great - Particularly With Respect to Morals; and on the Means of Improving It

Klappentext Published in 1797, a proposal for greater evangelisation in British India by a director of the East India Company. Zusammenfassung Charles Grant (1746–1823) spent many years in the service of the East India Company, eventually serving three times as its chairman. In this work, written in 1792 after his return from India but first published in 1797, he advocates the need for evangelisation in new territorial acquisitions. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. View of the state of society among the Hindoo subjects of Great Britain; 3. Causes which have produced the present situation and character of the Hindoos; 4. Inquiry into the measures which might be adopted by Great Britain for the improvement of the condition of her Asiatic subjects; Appendix.

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• Authors: Charles Grant
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.04.2013
• EAN: 9781108055123
• ISBN: 978-1-108-05512-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Perspectives from the Royal Asiatic Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Asian History, C 1700 To C 1800, HISTORY / Asia / South / India