Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India

In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for...
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Author: Lawrence James
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Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India by James, Lawrence

Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India

$116.49

Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India

$116.49
Author: Lawrence James
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In less that one hundred years, the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred, leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan when they finally withdrew in 1947. Both nations would owe much to the British Raj: under its rule, Indians learned to see themselves as Indians; its benefits included railways, roads, canals, schools, universities, hospitals, universal language and common law.

None of this, however, was planned. After a series of emergencies in the eighteenth century transformed a business partnership-the East India Company-into the most formidable war machine in Asia, conquest gathered its own momentum. Fortunes grew, but, alongside them, Britons grew troubled by the despotism that had been created in their name. The result was the formation of a government that balanced firmness with benevolence, and had as its goal the advancement of India.

But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, always rested precariously on the goodwill of Indians. In this remarkable exploration of British rule in India, Lawrence James chronicles the astonishing heroism that created it, the mixture of compromise and firmness that characterized it, and the twists and turns of the independence struggle that ended it.

... James presents a consistently intriguing take on a deeply complicated history. - Publishers Weekly

Author: Lawrence James
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 08/12/2000
Pages: 768
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9780312263829

About the Author

Lawrence James was born in Bath and educated at the University of York and Merton College, Oxford. After a distinguished teaching career, he emerged as one of the outstanding narrative historians of this generation. He lives in St. Andrews, Scotland.


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