Ethical Empire? - India Reformism and the Critique of Colonial Misgovernment

"This interdisciplinary work, which traces the formation of global reformist networks and reconceptualizes anti-colonial critique, will appeal to students of history and political science. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The origins of reform: pressure-group rivalries and the conservationist turn; 2. 'A blot on English justice': India reformism and the rhetoric of virtual slavery; 3. Public works, publicity, and the search for a new state-idea; 4. Reformist collaboration and the formation of an imperial civil society; 5. Anomalous annexations: debating the law of nations and princely sovereignty; 6. Politicizing decline: reformist remedies for deindustrialization; 7. Radical reformism and the challenge of capitalist complacency; Epilogue: integrating the empire.

About the author

Dr Zak Leonard is a historian of the British Empire.

Product details

• Authors: Zak Leonard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781009321068
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932106-8
• No. of pages: 314
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History of Ideas, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / General