Author: sir Charles Allen LawsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Narrative of the celebration of the jubilee of ... queen Victoria ... in the presidency of Madras
Author: sir Charles Allen LawsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Empress
Author: Miles TaylorPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300243421
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
“A widely and deeply researched, elegantly written, and vital portrayal of [Queen Victoria’s] place in colonial Indian affairs.”(Journal of Modern History) In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria’s influence as empress contributed significantly to India’s modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, suggesting that it was one of Victoria’s successes. “Readers encounter a detail-attentive and independently minded monarch . . . .Information, offered with verve and occasional humor, fills chapters of Empress with little-known details of Victoria’s active rule as Empress.” —Adrienne Munich, Victorian Studies “This is a nuanced portrait of an empire rich in contradiction.” —Catherine Hall, author of Civilising Subjects “Beautifully written and subtly crafted, this book provides a critical history of the cultural, political, and diplomatic significance of Queen Victoria's role as Empress of India.” —Tristram Hunt, Director of Victoria and Albert Museum “This is a highly intelligent, wonderfully lucid and well researched book that rests on an impressive array of Indian as well as European sources. It makes a powerful case for re-assessing Queen Victoria's own role and political and religious ideas in regard to the subcontinent.” —Linda Colley, author of Britons
The Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1792
Book Description
Official organ of the book trade of the United Kingdom.
Bibliotheca Orientalis
Author: Luzac &coThe Bookseller
Author: The Royal Throne of Mercy and British Culture in the Victorian Age
Author: James GregoryPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350142441
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In the first detailed study of its kind, James Gregory's book takes a historical approach to mercy by focusing on widespread and varied discussions about the quality, virtue or feeling of mercy in the British world during Victoria's reign. Gregory covers an impressive range of themes from the gendered discourses of 'emotional' appeal surrounding Queen Victoria to the exercise and withholding of royal mercy in the wake of colonial rebellion throughout the British empire. Against the backdrop of major events and their historical significance, a masterful synthesis of rich source material is analysed, including visual depictions (paintings and cartoons in periodicals and popular literature) and literary ones (in sermons, novels, plays and poetry). Gregory's sophisticated analysis of the multiple meanings, uses and operations of royal mercy duly emphasise its significance as a major theme in British cultural history during the 'long 19th century'. This will be essential reading for those interested in the history of mercy, the history of gender, British social and cultural history and the legacy of Queen Victoria's reign.
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Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 1790
Book Description
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.
Bookseller and the Stationery Trades' Journal
Author: Unfinished Gestures
Author: Davesh SonejiPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226768090
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
'Unfinished Gestures' presents the social and cultural history of courtesans in South India, focusing on their encounters with colonial modernity in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Author: Charles Bullock