Empire Families

Britons and Late Imperial India

AvElizabeth Buettner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2004

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What was life like for the British men, women, and children who lived in late imperial India while serving the Raj? Empire Families treats the Raj as a family affair and examines how, and why, many remained linked with India over several generations.Due to the fact that India was never meant for permanent European settlement, many families developed deep-rooted ties with India while never formally emigrating. Their lives were dominated by long periods of residence abroad punctuated by repeated travels between Britain and India: childhood overseas followed by separation from parents and education in Britain; adult returns to India through careers or marriage; furloughs, and ultimately retirement, in Britain. As a result, many Britons neither felt themselves to be rooted in India, nor felt completely at home when back in Britain. Their permanent impermanence led to the creation of distinct social realities and cultural identities. Empire Families sets out to recreate this society by looking at a series of families, their lives in India, and their travels back to Britain. Focusing for the first time on the experiences of parents and children alike, and including the Beveridge, Butler, Orwell, and Kipling families, Elizabeth Buettner uncovers the meanings of growing up in the Raj and an itinerant imperial lifestyle.

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Utgivningsdatum:2004-07-01
Mått:163 x 241 x 24 mm
Vikt:665 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:300
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199249077
Utmärkelser:Joint Winner: Women's History Network Book Prize 2004

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One of the most interesting studies of the Empire to appear in recent years

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Introduction: Making 'British-Indians': Children, Family Traditions of Indian Service, and Cycles of Migration ; 1. Danger and Pleasure at the Bungalow: British Children at Home in India ; 2. 'Not Quite Pukka': Schooling in India and the Acquisition of Racial Status ; 3. Separations and the Discourse of Family Sacrifice ; 4. Sent Home to School: British Education, Status, and Returns Overseas ; 5. From Somebodies to Nobodies: Returning Home to Britain and Perpetuating Overseas Connections ; Conclusion: Plain Tales and Family Romances: Remembering the Raj in Post-Colonial Britain ; Bibliography ; Index

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