Colonialism as civilizing mission : cultural ideology in British India /: cultural ideology in British India. (2004)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Harald Fischer-Tiné and Michael Mann.
• Other Names: Fischer-Tiné, Harald; Mann, Michael, 1959-
• Contents: 'Torchbearers upon the path of progress' : Britain's ideology of a 'moral and material progress' in India : an introductory wssay / Michael Mann -- Dealing with oriental despotism : British jurisdiction in Bengal, 1772-93 / Michael Mann -- 'A race of monsters' : South India and the British 'civilizing mission' in the later eighteenth century / Margret Frenz -- Between non-interference in matters of religion and the civilizing mission : the prohibition of suttee in 1829 / Jana Tschurenev -- 'The bridge-builders' : some notes on railways, pilgrimage and the British 'civilizing mission' in colonial India / Ravi Ahuja -- Taming the 'dangerous' Rajput : family, marriage and female infanticide in nineteenth-century colonial north India / Malavika Kasturi -- What is your 'caste'? The classification of Indian society as part of the British civilizing mission / Melita Waligora -- Sporting and the 'civilizing mission' in India / Paul Dimeo -- 'More important to civilize than subdue'? Lunatic asylums, psychiatric practice and fantasies of 'the civilizing mission' in British India 1858-1900 / Jim Mills -- The sympathizing heart and the healing hand : smallpox prevention and medical benevolence in early colonial south India / Neils Brimnes -- Perceptions of sanitation and medicine in Bombay, 1900-1914 / Mridula Ramanna -- National education, pulp fiction and the contradictions of colonialism : perceptions of an educational experiment in early-twentieth-century India / Harald Fischer-Tiné -- In search of the indigenous : J.C. Kumarappa and the philosophy of 'Gandhian economics' / Benjamin Zachariah -- The civilizational obsessions of Ghulam Jilani Barq / Marcus Daeschel.
• Publisher Details: London : Anthem Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 361 pages)
• Subjects: 954.03; HISTORY; British colonies; Civilization -- British influences; Management; Social policy; Koloniale politiek; Ideologie; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Social policy -- History; Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Administration -- History; India -- Civilization -- British influences; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Asie -- Politique sociale -- Histoire; Grande-Bretagne -- Colonies -- Asie -- Administration; Inde -- Histoire -- 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique); Inde -- Civilisation -- Influence britannique; Asia; India; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781843313632; 1843313634; 9780857287489; 0857287486
• Related ISBNs: 1843310910; 9781843310914; 1843310929; 9781843310921
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-349) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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