Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives and Daughters of the British Empire in India - Brossura

MacMillan, Margaret

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ISBN 10: 0500293740 ISBN 13: 9780500293744

Casa editrice: Thames & Hudson, 2018

Riassunto

The apparent glamour of the Indian Raj continues to fascinate long after the British quit the subcontinent. But along with the beauty of the Indian landscape and the privilege of servants and holidays in hill stations, British women in that vanished world faced challenges and fears that came from being an alien ruling minority. These women were at the heart of the imperial enterprise. It was their role to support the men's work, raise the children and attempt to replicate British society thousands of miles from home. They struggled in the face of heat, illness, loneliness and boredom as well as different customs, languages and religions. The distinguished historian and bestselling author Margaret MacMillan, drawing on letters and memoirs, novels and interviews, brings vividly to life their experiences - humdrum, extraordinary, light-hearted, tragic - at the height of the Raj, from the 1850s to Indian independence in 1947.

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Recensione:

A testament both to the popularity of the subject, and the skilful way in which the author has handled it--Victorian Web

Women of the Raj has a vitality and an unbiased view that will engage readers today--Times Literary Supplement

A vivid cultural and social history [that] reveals India in all its richness and vitality--Antiques Diary

A unique, interesting and very niche non-fiction read. It's great to see a book focusing on women's experiences --Of Beauty and Nothingness

As fascinating as it is unsparing...an engaging read that brings to life an under-explored side of colonial history --The Lady

Immensely readable --Mature Times

L'autore:

Margaret MacMillan received her PhD from Oxford University and is now a professor of international history at Oxford, where she is also the warden of St. Antony's College. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; a senior fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto; and an honorary fellow of Trinity College, University of Toronto, and of St. Hilda's College, Oxford University. Her previous books include Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History; Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World; Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India; and Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize and was a New York Times Editors' Choice.

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• Editore: Thames & Hudson
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0500293740
• ISBN 13: 9780500293744
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 320