The lion and the tiger : the rise and fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947 /
"Denis Judd tells the fascinating story of the remarkable British impact upon India, capturing the essence of what the Raj really meant both for the British and their Indian subjects. All aspects of this long and controversial relationship are discussed: the first tentative contacts between Eas...
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Oxford ; New York :
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2004.
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Table of Contents:
- "To fly to India for gold" : early contacts, 1583-1615
- "Infamous for their honest endeavours" : laying foundations, 1615-1708
- Conquest and corruption : the struggle for supremacy, 1708-1815
- "The great ends we have in view" : the East India Company as paramount power, 1815-1857
- "The devil's wind" : the Great Indian Uprising, or mutiny, of 1857-1858
- Lords of all they surveyed? : the Raj at its zenith, 1858-1905
- The beginning of the end? : reform and conflict, 1905-1919
- Gandhi and the fightback of Indian nationalism, 1919-1939
- "Engine of war" or the enemy within? : India, 1939-1945
- "Tryst with destiny" : freedom and partition, 1945-1947.