The British in India by Gilmour, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Frontispiece Title Page Copyright Notice Dedication List of Illustrations Maps Acknowledgements Introduction Part One: Aspirations

1 Numbers 2 Motivations

Repairing the Fortune A Diamond and Pagodas Species of Zeal Kinship The Lure of the Orient Female Vocations

3 Origins and Identities

Dolphin Families Nephews and Competitors Soldiering by Chance Boxwallahs and Planters Celts and North Britons Aristocrats

4 Imperial Apprentices

‘Rather a Farce…’ Competition Wallahs Gentlemen Cadets Surgeons on Horseback

5 Voyages and Other Journeys

Sail Steam Rivers Men and Animals Machines

Part Two: Endeavours

6 Working Lives: Insiders

Pooh-Bahs on the Plains Judges in the Station Despots in the Hills The Politicals Dr Nestor and the IMS

7 Working Lives: The Open Air

On Tour Jungle Wallahs Policemen Sappers and Canals Indigo Blue and Assamese Tea Missions and Moral Fibre

8 The Military Life

The Army in India Tommy Atkins On the March and Along the Frontier Officers and the Mess

Part Three: Experiences

9 Intimacies

The Rise and Fall of the Bibi British Marriages Mixed Marriages Adulteries Necessities Sodom and Adventure

10. Domesticities

Homes Servants and Shopping Edibles Drinkables Children Pets

11. Formalities

‘The Etiquette of Precedence’ The Club Racial Relations

12. Singularities

Unsound Civilians Other Memsahibs Going Native Loafers

13. At Ease

Artists and Amateurs Furlough Holidays in India Cricket and Other Games Shikar In the Saddle

14. Last Posts

Death in India Repatriates Staying On

Envoi Photographs Glossary of Indian and Anglo-Indian Words Notes

Notes: Introduction Notes 1 Notes 2 Notes 3 Notes 4 Notes 5 Notes 6 Notes 7 Notes 8 Notes 9 Notes 10 Notes 11 Notes 12 Notes 13 Notes 14 Notes: Envoi

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