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Trade in the Eastern Seas 1793-1813
Häftad, 2010
623 kr
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This 1937 work is framed as a maritime history as distinct from an economic history, and was highly acclaimed on first publication. Parkinson's focus is the activities of the East India Company in India and the East Indies between 1793 and 1815. Although a scholarly work, firmly founded on primary …
History of India from the Earliest Period to the Close of the East India Company's Government
Häftad, 2010
771 kr
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John Clark Marshman (1794-1877) was an English missionary and civil servant who developed a fascination with the history of India after his long service in the country. Marshman emigrated with his missionary parents to India in 1799, settling at Serampore in West Bengal. With his father he founded …
The Complete Indian Housekeeper and Cook
Giving the Duties of Mistress and Servants, the General Management of the House and Practical Recipes for Cooking in All its Branches
Av Flora Annie Webster Steel, Grace Gardiner
Häftad, 2010
574 kr
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Flora Annie Steel and Grace Gardiner's classic work of Anglo-Indian household life was first published in 1888 and went through ten editions thanks to its great utility. Tailored specifically for the British community in India, the book covers household hints, domestic finances and house …
The History of British India
Av James Mill
Häftad, 2010
1115 kr
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James Mill's three volume History of British India was published from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive sources rather than first-hand experience …
The History of British India
Av James Mill
Häftad, 2010
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James Mill's three volume History of British India was published from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive sources rather than first-hand experience …
The History of British India
Av James Mill
Häftad, 2010
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James Mill's three volume History of British India was published from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive sources rather than first-hand experience …
My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9
Häftad, 2010
720 kr
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William Howard Russell was sent to India by The Times to report on the conflict of 1857-1859 known as the Indian Mutiny. His previous work was in the Crimean War and his exposés of conditions there led to the sending of Florence Nightingale and her nurses, improvements to supplies and conditions, …
My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9
Häftad, 2010
705 kr
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William Howard Russell was sent to India by The Times to report on the conflict of 1857-1859 known as the Indian Mutiny. His previous work was in the Crimean War and his exposés of conditions there led to the sending of Florence Nightingale and her nurses, improvements to supplies and conditions, …
The Competition Wallah
Häftad, 2010
720 kr
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Sir George Otto Trevelyan's Competition Wallah was published in 1864 after previous serialisation in Macmillan's Magazine. Consisting of a series of letters from Henry Broughton, an imaginary young civil servant fresh from Cambridge, to a friend, the work was well-received in Britain and India, …
History of the French in India
From the Founding of Pondichery in 1674 to the Capture of that Place in 1761
Häftad, 2010
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This work of 1868 is a revised and expanded version of a series of articles contributed by G. B. Malleson (1825-1898) to the Calcutta Review. The author served in India for thirty years from 1847, retiring finally with the honorary rank of major-general. Drawing on his wealth of first-hand …
A Short Historical Narrative of the Rise and Rapid Advancement of the Mahrattah State
To the Present Strength and Consequence it has Acquired in the East
Häftad, 2011
418 kr
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James Kerr, a captain in the East India Company, translated this Persian text on the history of the Marathas in India. Published in 1782, it was one of the first English works to appear on the subject. Its content was compiled for Kerr by a Hindustani using Persian manuscripts and oral tradition. …
A Retrospective View and Consideration of India Affairs
Particularly of the Transactions of the Mharatta War, from its Commencement to the Month of October, 1782
Av Anonymous
Häftad, 2011
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This anonymous work was published at the end of the First Anglo-Maratha war (1775-1782) to provide an English audience with a better understanding of the recent conflict. The author (who may have been a Major John Scott, and is likely to have been connected to the East India Company) is at times …
Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis
Av Charles Cornwallis, Charles Ross
Häftad, 2011
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Charles Cornwallis, first Marquis Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a highly influential colonial governor and British army officer, though he is best remembered for his role on the losing side in the American War of Independence (1775-1781). Cornwallis entered military service in 1757. Following the War …
Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis
Av Charles Cornwallis, Charles Ross
Häftad, 2011
771 kr
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Charles Cornwallis, first Marquis Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a highly influential colonial governor and British army officer, though he is best remembered for his role on the losing side in the American War of Independence (1775-1781). Cornwallis entered military service in 1757. Following the War …
Correspondence of Charles, First Marquis Cornwallis
Av Charles Cornwallis, Charles Ross
Häftad, 2011
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Charles Cornwallis, first Marquis Cornwallis (1738-1805), was a highly influential colonial governor and British army officer, though he is best remembered for his role on the losing side in the American War of Independence (1775-1781). Cornwallis entered military service in 1757. Following the War …
The Agrarian System of Moslem India
A Historical Essay with Appendices
Häftad, 2011
519 kr
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Like many British authors of books about India before independence, William Harrison Moreland (1868-1938) had worked as a civil servant in the subcontinent. He spent twenty-five years in the North-West Provinces, and for twelve years he was Director of Land Records and Agriculture. He was committed …
Report on the Territories Conquered from the Paishwa
Submitted to the Supreme Government of British India
Häftad, 2011
426 kr
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Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) was a colonial official who spent his career in India, eventually becoming governor of Bombay in 1819. Before that he was resident in Poona (Pune) during the final days of the Maratha empire. He was fluent in Persian and took an interest in the culture of the …
Note on the Historical Results Deducible from Recent Discoveries in Afghanistan
Häftad, 2011
426 kr
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Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878) was the son of a prominent East India Company servant, and like his father, Prinsep also spent much of his life in the East. He left Britain for Calcutta in 1809, at the age of seventeen, and stayed in India, working in a variety of roles, until his retirement in 1843. …
Origin of the Sikh Power in the Punjab, and Political Life of Muha-Raja Runjeet Singh
With an Account of the Present Condition, Religion, Laws and Customs of the Sikhs
Häftad, 2011
475 kr
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Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878) began his career in India with the East India Company in 1807 and worked in various posts, finally being appointed Persian secretary before retiring in 1843. Throughout his career, and into his retirement, he wrote a number of books about India. The present work, …
Tibet, Tartary and Mongolia
Their Social and Political Condition, and the Religion of Boodh, as There Existing
Häftad, 2011
435 kr
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Henry T. Prinsep (1792-1878) was the son of a prominent East India Company servant, and like his father, he spent much of his life in the East. He left Britain for Calcutta in 1809, at the age of seventeen, and stayed in India, working in a variety of roles, until his retirement in 1843. He wrote a …
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825
Av Reginald Heber, Amelia Shipley Heber
Häftad, 2011
821 kr
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Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was appointed as the second Anglican Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, having previously been connected with both the Church Missionary Society and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. At the time, the diocese of Calcutta covered all of India, and also southern …
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825
Av Reginald Heber, Amelia Shipley Heber
Häftad, 2011
720 kr
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Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was appointed as the second Anglican Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, having previously been connected with both the Church Missionary Society and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. At the time, the diocese of Calcutta covered all of India, and also southern …
Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825
Av Reginald Heber, Amelia Shipley Heber
Häftad, 2011
821 kr
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Reginald Heber (1783-1826) was appointed as the second Anglican Bishop of Calcutta in 1823, having previously been connected with both the Church Missionary Society and the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge. At the time, the diocese of Calcutta covered all of India, and also southern …
The Life of William Carey, D.D
Shoemaker and Missionary
Av George Smith
Häftad, 2011
811 kr
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George Smith (1833-1919) published this biography in 1885. Carey (1761-1834), a key figure in the nineteenth-century Protestant missionary movement and founding member of the Baptist Missionary Society, lived and worked as a missionary in India from 1793 till his death 41 years later. The biography …
Sketch of the Political History of India from the Introduction of Mr. Pitt's Bill, A.D. 1784, to the Present Date
Av John Malcolm
Häftad, 2011
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This 'sketch' by John Malcolm (1769-1833), covers a relatively small period - from the introduction of the India Bill in 1784 to the book's publication in 1811. The bill marked the beginning of increased government control over the East India Company, and Malcolm had arrived in India the year …
The Despatches, Minutes, and Correspondence of the Marquess Wellesley, K. G., during his Administration in India
Av Richard Colley Wellesley, Robert Montgomery Martin
Häftad, 2011
1005 kr
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Richard, Marquess Wellesley (1760-1842) became one of the most controversial politicians of his generation during his time as Governor-General of Bengal (1798-1805). Although this period saw him achieve territorial gains and military victories in India - including the defeat of Tipu Sultan, the …
A Monograph on Trade and Manufactures in Northern India
Av William Hoey
Häftad, 2011
426 kr
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William Hoey (1849-1919) was a magistrate in Lucknow, India when this book was published by the American Missionary Press in 1880. At the time, Lucknow was the seventh largest city in the British Empire, and it was the capital of the province that had most recently come under British rule. Hoey's …
The Personal Adventures and Experiences of a Magistrate during the Rise, Progress, and Suppression of the Indian Mutiny
Häftad, 2012
574 kr
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In 1857, when the Indian Mutiny broke out, Mark Thornhill (1822-1900) was the magistrate of Muttra, modern Mathura. His vivid account of ensuing events - published in 1884 - including a night ride to Agra through the rebel army and the developing tensions inside the fort, was well reviewed at the …
Campaigning Experiences in Rajpootana and Central India
During the Suppression of the Mutiny, 1857-1858
Häftad, 2012
485 kr
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The diarist Mrs Henry Duberly (1829-1902), born Frances Locke, came to public attention through her Journal Kept during the Russian War, an 1855 account (also reissued in this series) of her experiences accompanying her husband's regiment in the Crimea, often as the only woman present. Her …
In Abor Jungles
Being an Account of the Abor Expedition, the Mishmi Mission and the Miri Mission
Häftad, 2012
636 kr
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This 1912 book by Angus Hamilton (1874-1913), a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, is an account of the British military expeditions to quell uprisings among remote tribes in north-eastern India in 1911-12. Famous for his earlier books on Afghanistan, the problems of the Middle East, and …
