Anglo-Indian attitudes : the mind of the Indian Civil Service / / Clive Dewey

• Autore: Dewey Clive
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; Rio Grande : , : Hambledon Press, , 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (327 p.)
• Disciplina: 354.54006/09
• Soggetto topico: Civil service - India - History
• Soggetto geografico: India Politics and government 1765-1947
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-285) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Illustrations; Abbreviations; Glossary; 1.The British Mandarins; Frank Brayne and the Gospel of Uplift; Malcolm Darling and the Cult of Friendship; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In the years between the Indian Mutiny and Independence in 1947 the Indian Civil Service was the most powerful body of officials in the English-speaking world. About 300,000,000 Indians, a sixth of the human race, were ruled by 1000 Civilians. With Whitehall 8000 miles away and the peasantry content with their decisions, they had the freedom to translate ideas into action. This work explores the use they made of their power by examining the beliefs of two middle-ranking Civilians. It shows, in detail, how they put into practice values which they acquired from their parents, their teachers and
• Titolo autorizzato: Anglo-Indian attitudes
• ISBN: 1-283-20175-5; 9786613201751; 0-8264-3254-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789672903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II