Roderick Matthews

Peace, Poverty and Betrayal (eBook, ePUB)

A New History of British India

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

How can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the clichés of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews tells a more nuanced story of 'oblige and rule', the foundation of common purpose between colonisers and powerful Indians. Peace, Poverty and Betrayal argues that this was more a state of being than a system: British policy was never clear or consistent; the East India Company went from a manifestly incompetent ruler to, arguably, the world's first liberal government; and among British and Indians alike there were both progressive and conservative attitudes to colonisation. Matthews skilfully illustrates that this very diversity and ambiguity of British-Indian relations also drove the social changes that led to the struggle for independence. Skewering the simplistic binaries that often dominate the debate, Peace, Poverty and Betrayal is a fresh and elegant history of British India.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787386181
• Artikelnr.: 62197111

Autorenporträt

A freelance writer specialising in Indian history and politics, Roderick Matthews studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. His great-grandfather tutored the young Nehru through his Harrow entrance exams. One of his great-grandmothers cared for Gandhi when he fell ill in London in 1914. His second book, Jinnah vs. Gandhi, was a bestseller in India. His latest is Chandra Shekhar And The Six Months That Saved India.