Ideologies of the Raj

出版者:Cambridge University Press

作者:Thomas R. Metcalf

页数:256

出版时间:1997-3-13

价格:USD 45.00

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9780521589376

丛书系列:The New Cambridge History of India

具体描述

Ideologies of the Raj 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. Students of modern India and the British Empire will find Thomas Metcalf's book relevant and accessible.

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