| The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 Contributor(s): Finn, Margot (Editor), Smith, Kate (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1787350290 ISBN-13: 9781787350298 Publisher: UCL Press OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - Georgian Era (1714-1837) - Art | History - Romanticism - Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 21.7" W x 9.2" (2.20 lbs) 500 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the century between 1757 and 1857, The East India Company brought both sizeable affluence and fresh perspective back home to Britain from the Indian subcontinent. During this period, the Company shifted its activities and increasingly employed civil servants, army officers, surveyors, and doctors, many of whom returned to Britain with newly acquired wealth, tastes, and identities. This new volume moves beyond conventional academic narratives by drawing on wider research, exploring how the empire in Asia shaped British country houses, thus contributing to the ongoing conversation on imperial culture and its British legacies. |