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.

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: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009321082
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932108-2
• No. of pages: 302
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; 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