Chris Mason

Heart Like a Fakir

General Sir James Abbott and the Fall of the East India Company

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the last years of the British East India Company using the life of General Sir James Abbott-explorer, guerilla, district officer, and possible inspiration for Mr. Kurtz in Heart of Darkness-as a thread to reexamine the social and sexual relationships between Britons and Indians and chronicle the collapse of their social contract.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9781538169575
• ISBN-10: 1538169576
• Artikelnr.: 64044600

Autorenporträt

Chris Mason

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Nomenclature
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Beginnings, 1807-1824
Chapter 2: Baptism of Fire, 1824-1826
Chapter 3: Reform and Progress, 1826-1834
Chapter 4: D'Arcy Todd and the Revenue Survey, 1834-1838
Chapter 5: A Mission to Khiva, 1838-1843
Chapter 6: A New Beginning, 1843-1849
Chapter 7: The Man Who Was King, 1849-1853
Chapter 8: Endings, 1854-1896
Appendix: Abbott the Artist
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author