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Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 595 g
With Private Correspondence Relative to the Annexation of Oude to British India, Etc.
Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 595 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - History
ISBN: 978-1-108-16895-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Sir William Henry Sleeman (1788-1856) was a British soldier and administrator in India. While serving as Resident at the court of the King of Oude in Lucknow he travelled around the kingdom and made reports to the Governor-General regarding its proposed annexation by the East India Company. His letters and diaries reveal him as a capable and just administrator, who was at pains to weigh all the evidence for and against annexation, and who believed that reform of the existing administration would be possible. Sleeman described the kingdom of Oude as suffering from maladministration, lawlessness and corruption, but he stressed that illegal annexation would lead to resentment and rebellion. This book, containing Sleeman's account of his journey and a selection of private correspondence, was originally published in Lucknow in 1852; this reissue reproduces the 1858 London edition. Volume 1 covers the first six weeks of Sleeman's tour.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
Biographical sketch of Major-General Sir W. H. Sleeman, K.C.B.
Introduction
Private correspondence preceding the journey through the Kingdom of Oude
1. Departure from Lucknow
2. Bahraetch
3. Legendary tale of breach of faith
4. Recross the Goomtee river
5. Salone district
6. Nawabgunge, midway between Cawnpoor and Lucknow.
