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Author : Rohan
Release : 2021-09-20
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 245/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Child of the Raj by : Rohan
Download or read book Child of the Raj written by Rohan. This book was released on 2021-09-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Child of the Raj covers a unique and fascinating period of British and Indian history, as seen through the eyes of someone who lived through it.
Author : Vyvyen Brendon
Release : 2015-04-30
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 477/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Children of the Raj by : Vyvyen Brendon
Download or read book Children of the Raj written by Vyvyen Brendon. This book was released on 2015-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vyvyen Brendon's evocative, at times heart-tugging book, runs from the 18th century and the East India Company, through the Afghan wars, the Indian mutiny and the more settled era of the Queen Empress, and culminates in the conflict leading to Britain's hurried exit in 1947. Its subject is the young progeny of traders, soldiers, civil servants, missionaries, planters, engineers and what should be done with them. Until the coming of air travel these children often only saw their parents every few years. Then there were the children born of Anglo-Indian marriages and affairs. Sent back to Britain they were often reviled as 'darkies', 'a touch of the tar-brush'. And then there were the children educated in India. Brendon reveals appalling stories of abuse at the hands of servants. What frequently unites Brendon's wildly different subjects is their loneliness--drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and interviews, she portrays children who had to discipline themselves to adapt (often ingeniously) to unfamiliar cultures, far away from family and forced to spend termtime in boarding schools and holidays with unfamiliar families.
Author : Margaret MacMillan
Release : 2007-10-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 398/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Women of the Raj by : Margaret MacMillan
Download or read book Women of the Raj written by Margaret MacMillan. This book was released on 2007-10-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the nineteenth century, at the height of colonialism, the British ruled India under a government known as the Raj. British men and women left their homes and traveled to this mysterious, beautiful country–where they attempted to replicate their own society. In this fascinating portrait, Margaret MacMillan examines the hidden lives of the women who supported their husbands’ conquests–and in turn supported the Raj, often behind the scenes and out of the history books. Enduring heartbreaking separations from their families, these women had no choice but to adapt to their strange new home, where they were treated with incredible deference by the natives but found little that was familiar. The women of the Raj learned to cope with the harsh Indian climate and ward off endemic diseases; they were forced to make their own entertainment–through games, balls, and theatrics–and quickly learned to abide by the deeply ingrained Anglo-Indian love of hierarchy. Weaving interviews, letters, and memoirs with a stunning selection of illustrations, MacMillan presents a vivid cultural and social history of the daughters, sisters, mothers, and wives of the men at the center of a daring imperialist experiment–and reveals India in all its richness and vitality. “A marvellous book . . . [Women of the Raj] successfully [re-creates] a vanished world that continues to hold a fascination long after the sun has set on the British empire.” –The Globe and Mail “MacMillan has that essential quality of the historian, a narrative gift.” –The Daily Telegraph “MacMillan is a superb writer who can bring history to life.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer “Well researched and thoroughly enjoyable.” –Evening Standard
Author : Lana Button
Release : 2020-08-15
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 408/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Raj's Rule (for the Bathroom at School) by : Lana Button
Download or read book Raj's Rule (for the Bathroom at School) written by Lana Button. This book was released on 2020-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lighthearted read-aloud about facing a common childhood fear
Author : Laurence Fleming
Release : 2004-12-17
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Last Children of the Raj by : Laurence Fleming
Download or read book Last Children of the Raj written by Laurence Fleming. This book was released on 2004-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a unique entry-point into British and Indian social and cultural history in the last and momentous period in the history of the Raj. It is a vivid collection of individual memories of children born between 1914 and 1940 and who spent their childhood and adolescence in British India or the Princely States. It includes details of the roots in India, family connections, friendships with other British and Indian children, journeys, adventures, questions of color and race, and impressions of the Raj. The Second World War forms a natural break--war-time India, Independence and Partition, and the postwar return--how did they feel about the new India, and what had India given them and what did they give to India?
