Patrick O'Leary

Servants of the Empire

The Irish in Punjab, 1881-1921

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first book to examine the proposition that Irish public servants in India were moved by their 'Irishness' to subvert or eccentrically implement policies of the Raj. Essential reading for those wishing to understand the three-way interaction between the Irish, the empire and the peoples of India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780719083853
• ISBN-10: 0719083850
• Artikelnr.: 34010676

Autorenporträt

Patrick O'Leary is an independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Context 1. Introduction: The scattered Irish 2. India and Punjab in
the late nineteenth century 3. The Indian Public Service 4. Who were they?
5. Straits settlements, Malaya and Ceylon Part II: The frontier 6.
Waziristan: warriors and administrators 7. Pro-consul and the Viceroy 8.
Frontiersman and the diplomat Part III: Land and infrastructure 9. Land:
The Irish dimension 10. Canal colonies 11. Dane and land bills 12. Irish
engineers and Punjab's infrastructure Part IV: Politics and society 13.
Lansdowne and Fitzpatrick 14. Punjab affairs are Simla affairs 15. Dane and
O'Dwyer Part V: Conclusions 16. Conclusions Appendices Bibliography Index