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Author Metcalf, Thomas R., 1934-

Title Ideologies of the Raj / Thomas R. Metcalf
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages) : illustrations
Series New Cambridge history of India ; III, 4
New Cambridge history of India ; III, 4
Contents Introduction : Britain and India in the Eighteenth Century -- Liberalism and empire -- The creation of difference -- The ordering of difference -- Coping with contradiction -- Epilogue: Raj, nation, empire
Summary Examines how the British sought to justify their rule over India. The author argues that two divergent strategies were devised to legitimate their authority: the one defined characteristics which the Indians shared with the British themselves, while the other emphasised qualities of enduring 'difference'. In the end, however, the differences predominated in the colonial view of India. Since the British constructed few explicit ideologies of empire, the author explores the workings of the Raj through the study of its underlying assumptions as revealed in policies and writings
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Koloniale politiek.
Ideologieƫn.
SUBJECT India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064915
Subject India.
Brits Indiƫ.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511468810
0511468814
9781139053402
113905340X
9781139053402
0511006942
9780511006944
0521589371
9780521589376