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Chargement... Flaws in the Jewellpar RODERICK MATTHEWS
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. A balanced reappraisal of British rule in India, providing a counterpoise to some of the very critical accounts of recent publications. Indeed the author tends to be over-critical himself, as if trying to judge the actions of the 18th and 19th centuries by our standards today. Good reading, to get a survey of the entire period. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
THE FLAWS IN THE JEWEL shows how the British Raj was never able to overcome, or even properly to acknowledge, its many deficiencies. As a result, British rule developed into an uncomfortable amalgam of imperial economics, military autocracy and unfulfilled liberal aspirations. Roderick Matthews re-examines British rule in India by concentrating on three central themes: its ability to defray the costs of its own maintenance; its impersonal and institutional qualities that gave it continuity and tenacity; and its commitment to a dual higher purpose - the uplift of the condition of the natives and the playing out of the superior moral character of the Englishman. At first, these 'virtues' gave the Raj viability, vitality and focus. But over time they also proved to be weaknesses that could not be remedied. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)954.03History and Geography Asia India and South Asia 1785–1947 British ruleClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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