Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 617 g
Buch, Englisch, 440 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 617 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-29492-8
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859) was appointed through family influence to the East India Company, and arrived in India in 1796. He learnt Persian, and developed an interest in Indian literature and politics. After postings in Afghanistan and Poona he became Governor in 1819 of the recently acquired territory that became known as the Bombay Presidency. His biographer also had connections to India. Thomas Edward Colebrooke (1813-1890) was the son of British administrator and Sanskrit scholar Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765-1837), and although he lived in England and served as an M. P., Colebrooke remained interested in colonial affairs. He had written about Elphinstone's life in 1861 for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society and subsequently expanded his work into these two volumes, published in 1884. Volume 2 covers his years in Poona and Bombay, and his eventual return to England.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
Weitere Infos & Material
12. The chase, 1817-1818; 13. The settlement, 1819; 14. Bombay, 1819-1827; 15. An overland journey, 1827-1829; 16. Home life, 1829-1831; 17. Home life (continued), 1831-1833; 18. History of India, 1834-1841; 19. Conclusion, 1842-1859; Index.
