O'Leary Servants of the empire

The Irish in Punjab 1881–1921
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1841-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 92, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Studies in Imperialism

The first book to examine the proposition that Irish public servants in India were moved by their ‘Irishness’ to subvert or eccentrically implement policies of the Raj. Essential reading for those wishing to understand the three-way interaction between the Irish, the empire and the peoples of India.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Leary, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Context
1. Introduction: The scattered Irish
2. India and Punjab in the late nineteenth century
3. The Indian Public Service
4. Who were they?
5. Straits settlements, Malaya and Ceylon

Part II: The frontier
6. Waziristan: warriors and administrators

7. Pro-consul and the Viceroy
8. Frontiersman and the diplomat
Part III: Land and infrastructure
9. Land: The Irish dimension
10. Canal colonies
11. Dane and land bills
12. Irish engineers and Punjab’s infrastructure

Part IV: Politics and society
13. Lansdowne and Fitzpatrick
14. Punjab affairs are Simla affairs

15. Dane and O’Dwyer

Part V: Conclusions
16. Conclusions
Appendices

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

O'Leary Patrick:

Patrick O’Leary is an independent scholarPatrick O’Leary is an independent scholar.