1.- Raj : the making and unmaking of British India ( James, Lawrence ; Riddy, John ; Riddy, Felicity ) [3044370 - LK194]
1765-1947, British, India
Little, Brown. London. 1997. 24 cm. xiv, 722 pages : illustrations, maps. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240) and index. D: Newington-Irving Collection. Includes: Goodman collection. Contents pt. 1. The Company Ascendant: 1740-84 -- 1. Prologue: Mughal Twilight -- 2. A Glorious Prospect: Robert Clive's Wars, 1740-55 -- 3. New Strength from Conquest: Bengal, 1755-65 -- 4. An Empire Within an Empire: British Reactions to Indian Conquests -- pt. 2. The Conquest of India: 1784-1856 -- 1. No Retreat: Grand Strategy and Small Wars, 1784-1826 -- 2. The Cossack and the Sepoy: Misadventures of an Asian Power, 1826-42 -- 3. The cast of a Die: The Sind and the Sikhs, 1843-49 -- 4. Robust Bodies and Obstinate Minds: An Anatomy of Conquest -- pt. 3. The Raj Consolidated: 1784-1856 -- 1. European Gentlemen: India's New Ruling Class -- 2. Utility and Beneficence: British Visions and Indian Realities -- 3. Gradual and Mild Correction: Taxing and Policing India -- 4. A Hearty Desire: Sex, Religion and the Raj -- pt. 4. The Mutiny: 1857-59 -- 1. The Sahib Paid No Attention: The Raj Imperilled, January-July 1857 -- 2. Very Harrowing Work: The Raj Resurgent, August 1857-January 1859 -- 3. Like Elephants on Heat: Anglo-Indian Reactions to the Mutiny -- pt. 5. Triumphs and Tremors: 1860-1914 -- 1. Low and Steady Pressure: The Exercise of Absolute Power -- 2. Not as Relics but as Rulers: India's Princes -- 3. We are British Subjects: Loyalty and Dissent, 1860-1905 -- 4. Not Worth the Candle: Wars, Real and Imaginary, 1854-1914 -- 5. Never at Peace: India's Frontiers and Armies -- 6. Conciliatory Sugar Plums: Compromise and Coercion, 1906-14 -- pt. 6. Disturbances and Departures: 1914-48 -- 1. True to Our Salt: India and the First World War, 1914-18 -- 2. Strong Passion: Amritsar and After, 1919-22 -- 3. This Wonderful Land: Anglo-Indian Perspectives -- 4. A Great Trial of Strength: Power Struggles, 1922-42 -- 5. A Bad Knock: India at War, January-July 1942 -- 6. An Occupied and Hostile Country: India at War, August 1942-August 1945 -- 7. What Are We Here For?: September 1945-February 1947 -- 8. Was It Too Quick?: Dividing and Departing, March-September 1947 . Cubierta deslucida. ISBN: 0316640727; 9780316640725 Si desea recoger personalmente este libro en la librería, solicítelo, por favor, con 6 horas de antelación.
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2.- Raj : the making and unmaking of British India ( James, Lawrence ) [2827226 - LH220]
Abacus. London. 1998. 20 cm. 722 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, facsims., maps, ports. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 1997. Includes index. Bibliography. Includes bibliographical references (p. 648-668) and index. D: Newington-Irving Collection. Includes: Goodman collection . Contiene párrafos subrayados a bolígrafo. ISBN: 0349110123 (pbk.) Si desea recoger personalmente este libro en la librería, solicítelo, por favor, con 6 horas de antelación.
Precio: 6.23 €