The Making of the Raj: India Under the East India Company

by Ian St. John

Book Overview

This book opens up a frequently neglected aspect of the rise of British power in India: namely, the impact of that process upon the lives the Indian people themselves for three centuries.

Most traditional Raj histories deal with the actions, motives, and thoughts of the British who occupied, governed, and administered the subcontinent. The Making of the Raj: India under the East India Company flips the focus and tells not of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846450144
• ISBN13: 9781846450143
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 17 years