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Informationen zum Autor A. Martin Wainwright is Associate Professor of History at The University of Akron Klappentext This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. It argues that class served as the primary register through which British polite society interpreted and applied other social distinctions such as race, gender, and religion. Zusammenfassung This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. It argues that class served as the primary register through which British polite society interpreted and applied other social distinctions such as race! gender! and religion. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis General Editor's introduction1. Ranjitsinjhi's BritainPart I: Institutions2. The India Office3. The National Indian Association4. London's inner-city missions to IndiansPart II: Interactions5. Imperial subjecthood and legal identity6. Patterns of compassion: Aiding Indians in need7. Scholarships and the civilising mission8. Assimilation and ostracism in education9. A hierarchical empireBibliographyIndex
