Heart Like a Fakir - General Sir James Abbott and the Fall of the East India Company

This book explores the last years of the British East India Company using the life of General Sir James Abbott-explorer, guerilla, district officer, and possible inspiration for Mr. Kurtz in Heart of Darkness-as a thread to reexamine the social and sexual relationships between Britons and Indians and chronicle the collapse of their social contract.

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By Chris Mason

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• Authors: Chris Mason
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781538169575
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-6957-5
• No. of pages: 390
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Biography: historical, political and military, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, HISTORY / Asia / South / General