Empire of the Raj

India, Eastern Africa and the Middle East, 1858–1947

AvR. Blyth

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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British India, as a result of history, geopolitics and its unique status within the Empire, controlled a chain of overseas agencies that stretched from southern Persia to eastern Africa.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-04-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 16 mm
Vikt:361 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies
Antal sidor:270
Upplaga:3001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349423088

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ROBERT J. BLYTH is Curator of Imperial and Maritime History at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

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'Robert Blyth's study of the administrative and diplomatic struggles between the Indian and British imperial governments illuminates the dynamics of sub-imperial expansion beyond the Raj...' - A. J. Stockwell, JRAS

Innehållsförteckning

The Empire of the Raj: the definition, delineation and dynamics of the Indian sphere PART I: THE INDIAN SPHERE BEFORE 1914 'A Glacis of Varying Breadth and Dimension': Persia and the Indian sphere, c .1850-1914 'A Conflict of Directions': the control of Zanzibar agency, c .1856-1883 'He Who Pays the Piper Calls the Tune': Aden and Somaliland, c .1869-1914 PART II: THE INDIAN SPHERE, 1914-1937 'A Colony for India?': the struggle for East Africa, c .1914-1924 'Basrah is as Near Delhi as Rangoon': realigning the Middle East, 1914-1921 'When One Comes to Details, Difficulties Bristle': the Aden transfer, 1914-1937 PART III: POSTSCRIPT: THE END OF THE INDIAN SPHERE 'A Sort of Gilded Parochialism': the political control of the Persian Gulf, 1928-1948 Bibliography