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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017'The better class' of Indians
Social rank, Imperial identity, and South Asians in Britain 1858–1914
by A. Wainwright
This is the first book-length study to focus primarily on the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. In a departure from previous scholarship on the South Asian presence in Britain, 'The better class' of Indians emphasizes the importance of class as the register through which British polite society interpreted other social distinctions such as race, gender, and religion. Drawing mainly on unpublished material from the India Office Records, the National Archives, and private collections of charitable organizations, this book examines not only the attitudes of British officials towards South Asians in their midst, but also the actual application of these attitudes in decisions pertaining to them. This fascinating book will be of particular interest to scholars and general readers of imperialism, immigration as well as British and Indian social history.
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The ArtsNovember 2023Colouring the Caribbean
Race and the art of Agostino Brunias
by Mia L. Bagneris
Colouring the Caribbean offers the first comprehensive study of Agostino Brunias's intriguing pictures of colonial West Indians of colour - so called 'Red' and 'Black' Caribs, dark-skinned Africans and Afro-Creoles, and people of mixed race - made for colonial officials and plantocratic elites during the late-eighteenth century. Although Brunias's paintings have often been understood as straightforward documents of visual ethnography that functioned as field guides for reading race, this book investigates how the images both reflected and refracted ideas about race commonly held by eighteenth-century Britons, helping to construct racial categories while simultaneously exposing their constructedness and underscoring their contradictions. The book offers provocative new insights about Brunias's work gleaned from a broad survey of his paintings, many of which are reproduced here for the first time.
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Humanities & Social SciencesFebruary 2017Servants of the empire
The Irish in Punjab 1881–1921
by Patrick O'Leary, Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie
Punjab, 'the pride of British India', attracted the cream of the Indian Civil Service, many of the most influential of whom were Irish. Some of these men, along with Irish viceroys, were inspired by their Irish backgrounds to ensure security of tenure for the Punjabi peasant, besides developing vast irrigation schemes which resulted in the province becoming India's most affluent. But similar inspiration contributed to the severity of measures taken against Indian nationalist dissent, culminating in the Amritsar massacre which so catastrophically transformed politics on the sub-continent. Setting the experiences of Irish public servants in Punjab in the context of the Irish diaspora and of linked agrarian problems in Ireland and India, this book descrides the beneficial effects the Irish had on the prosperity of India's most volatile province. Alongside the baleful contribution of some towards a growing Indian antipathy towards British rule. Links are established between policies pursued by Irishmen of the Victorian era and current happenings on the Pakistan-Afghan border and in Punjab.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Silk and empire
by Brenda King
In this book, Brenda M. King challenges the notion that Britain always exploited its empire. Creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship were all part of the Anglo-Indian silk trade and were nurtured in the era of empire through mutually beneficial collaboration. The trade operated within and without the empire, according to its own dictates and prospered in the face of increasing competition from China and Japan. King presents a new picture of the trade, where the strong links between Indian designs, the English silk industry and prominent members of the English the arts and crafts movement led to the production of beautiful and luxurious textiles. Lavishly illustrated, this book will be of interest to those interested in the relationship between the British Empire and the Indian subcontinent, as well as by historians of textiles and fashion.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017
Jute and empire
by Andrew Thompson, John M. MacKenzie, Gordon Stewart
Dundee had an interesting role to play in the jute trade, but the main player in the story of jute was Calcutta. This book follows the relationship of jute to empire, and discusses the rivalry between the Scottish and Indian cities from the 1840s to the 1950s and reveals the architecture of jute's place in the British Empire. The book adopts significant fresh approaches to imperial history, and explores the economic and cultural landscapes of the British Empire. Jute had been grown, spun and woven in Bengal for centuries before it made its appearance as a factory-manufactured product in world markets in the late 1830s. The book discusses the profits made in Calcutta during the rise of jute between the 1880s and 1920s; the profits reached extraordinary levels during and after World War I. The Calcutta jute industry entered a crisis period even before it was pummelled by the depression of the 1930s. The looming crisis stemmed from the potential of the Calcutta mills to outproduce world demand many times over. The St Andrew's Day rituals in Calcutta, begun three years before the founding of the Indian Jute Mills Association. The ceremonial occasion helps the reader to understand what the jute wallahs meant when they said they were in Calcutta for 'the greater glory of Scotland'. The book sheds some light on the contentious issues surrounding the problematic, if ever-intriguing, phenomenon of British Empire. The jute wallahs were inextricably bound up in the cultural self-images generated by British imperial ideology.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2024Rethinking untouchability
The political thought of B. R. Ambedkar
by Jesús F. Cháirez-Garza
This book examines the transformation of untouchability into a political idea in India during the first half of the twentieth century. At its heart is Ambedkar's role and the concepts he used to champion untouchability as a political problem. Ambedkar's main objective was to comprehend the numerous avatars of untouchability in order to eradicate this practice. Ambedkar understood untouchability beyond aspects of ritual purity and pollution by stressing its complex nature and uncovering the political, historical, racial, spatial and emotional characteristics contained in this concept. Ambedkar believed the abolition of untouchability depended on a widespread alteration of India's political, economic and cultural systems. Ambedkar reframed the problem of untouchability by linking it to larger concepts floating in the political environment of late colonial India such as representation, slavery, race, the Indian village, internationalism and even the creation of Pakistan.
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Humanities & Social SciencesDecember 2012'The better class' of Indians
by A. Wainwright, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie
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Humanities & Social SciencesAugust 2008'The better class' of Indians
by A. Wainwright, Andrew Thompson, John Mackenzie, Rebecca Mortimer
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September 2018Die Olchis im Land der Indianer
by Erhard Dietl, Barbara Iland-Olschewski, Dagmar Dreke, Eva Michaelis, Nadine Schreier, Robin Brosch, Jens Wendland, Flemming Stein, Emmi Bohla, Kai Henrik Möller, Patrick Bach, Monty Arnold, Dieter Faber, Frank Oberpichler, Nils Wulkop, Matthias Kloppe, Uticha Marmon, Erhard Dietl
Krötiger als Winnetou! Das neue Olchi-Abenteuer aus dem Land der Indianer. Professor Brauseweins Zeitmaschine katapultiert die Olchi-Kinder, Olchi-Opa und das Olchi-Baby um 400 Jahre zurück nach Nordamerika. Im Land der Indianer hält man die seltsamen Grünlinge für mächtige Wassergeister. Mukki, einem kleinen Indianerjungen helfen die Olchis bei der Prüfung, die ihn zu einem großen Jungen machen soll. Mit Erfolg! Zum Dank bekommen die Olchis sogar einen Totempfahl. Das Hörspiel "Die Olchis im Land der Indianer" hat alles, was Kinder wollen: Spaß, Abenteuer, Freundschaft und Humor.
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September 2018Die Olchis im Land der Indianer
by Erhard Dietl, Barbara Iland-Olschewski, Erhard Dietl
Im neuesten Abenteuer der beliebten Olchi-Reihe werden die Leser auf eine spannende Zeitreise geschickt. Dank einer Zeitmaschine landen die Olchi-Kinder, Olchi-Opa und das Olchi-Baby 400 Jahre in der Vergangenheit, mitten im Land der Indianer. Dort werden sie fälschlicherweise für mächtige Wassergeister gehalten. In dieser ungewöhnlichen Situation helfen sie einem jungen Indianer namens Mukki, der eine wichtige Prüfung bestehen muss, um als Erwachsener anerkannt zu werden. Die humorvolle und abenteuerliche Geschichte ist voller Freundschaft und zeigt, wie die Olchis mit ihrer unkonventionellen Art das Leben im Indianerdorf auf den Kopf stellen. Ein liebevoll gestalteter Totempfahl, der zu Ehren der Olchis geschnitzt wird, unterstreicht die Verbindung zwischen den beiden Kulturen. Die Erzählung, die sowohl zum Selbstlesen als auch zum Vorlesen geeignet ist, bringt junge Leser nicht nur zum Lachen, sondern lehrt sie auch Werte wie Mut und Selbstvertrauen. Zum ersten Selberlesen: Perfekt für Kinder im Alter von 6 bis 8 Jahren, gestaltet zum ersten Selbstlesen. Kultureller Austausch: Bietet eine lehrreiche Perspektive auf das Leben der Ureinwohner Nordamerikas und fördert die Wertschätzung von Natur und Tradition. Pädagogisch wertvoll: Unterstützt junge Leser in ihrer Entwicklung von Selbstvertrauen und Unabhängigkeit durch die Figur Mukkis Abenteuer. Unterhaltung mit Humor: Die charakteristischen schmutzliebenden Olchis sorgen für lustige Momente und fesselnde Unterhaltung. Anregung der Fantasie: Die Idee einer Zeitreise kombiniert mit historischen Elementen regt die Vorstellungskraft der Kinder an. Hohe Kundenzufriedenheit: Sehr positive Bewertungen von Eltern und Kindern, die das Buch als spannend und unterhaltsam beschreiben.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJuly 2024Empire religiosity
Convent habits in colonial and postcolonial India
by Tim Allender
This book explores Roman Catholic female missions in colonial and postcolonial India. It begins with their placement in a strongly Protestant British Empire, exploring the evolution of their outreach to Indians. It examines how these missions developed their independent tropes of education and social outreach that built their bona fides with nationalist India as the tide went out on empire.
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July 2020Thabo und Emma. Einbrecher in Lion Lodge
Lesestarter. 3. Lesestufe
by Kirsten Boie, Maja Bohn
Spürnasen aufgepasst: Thabo & Emma, die Helden von Kirsten Boie, ermitteln wieder! In der Lion Lodge geht es nicht mit rechten Dingen zu. Immer mehr Gäste beschweren sich, dass ihre Schlüssel einfach weg sind. Während die Erwachsenen sich um andere Dinge kümmern, verfolgen Thabo und Emma eine heiße Spur. Doch es braucht einen nächtlichen Einsatz, um Licht in dunkle Machenschaften zu bringen. Wird es den beiden gelingen, das Geheimnis um die verschwundenen Schlüssel zu lüften? Lesenlernen so spannend wie ein Kriminalfall. Erstlesebuch für fortgeschrittene Leseanfänger ab 8 Jahren. Perfekte Vorbereitung auf die Kinderbuch-Bestseller-Reihe "Thabo. Detektiv & Gentleman" ab 10 Jahren. Mit vielen Bildern und tollem Lesespiel im Buch. Das zeichnet die Lesestarter der 3. Lesestufe aus: Einfacher Satzbau. Fortgeschrittenes Textniveau. Erhöhter Textanteil fördert die Lesefähigkeit. Gelistet bei Antolin.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 1905Alaska Days with John Muir
by Samuel Hall Young
Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In "Alaska Days With John Muir" he describes this 1879 meeting: "A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings." This book, first published in 1915, describes two journeys of discovery taken in company with Muir in 1879 and 1880. Despite the pleas of his missionary colleagues that he not risk life and limb with "that wild Muir," Young accompanied Muir in the exploration of Glacier Bay. Upon Muir's return to Alaska in 1880, they traveled together and mapped the inside route to Sitka. Young describes Muir's ability to "slide" up glaciers, the broad Scotch he used when he was enjoying himself, and his natural affinity for Indian wisdom and theistic religion. From the gripping account of their near-disastrous ascent of Glenora Peak to Young's perspective on Muir's famous dog story "Stickeen," Alaska Days is an engaging record of a friendship grounded in the shared wonders of Alaska's wild landscapes.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017
The language of empire
Myths and metaphors of popular imperialism, 1880-1918
by Robert Macdonald
The debate about the Empire dealt in idealism and morality, and both sides employed the language of feeling, and frequently argued their case in dramatic terms. This book opposes two sides of the Empire, first, as it was presented to the public in Britain, and second, as it was experienced or imagined by its subjects abroad. British imperialism was nurtured by such upper middle-class institutions as the public schools, the wardrooms and officers' messes, and the conservative press. The attitudes of 1916 can best be recovered through a reconstruction of a poetics of popular imperialism. The case-study of Rhodesia demonstrates the almost instant application of myth and sign to a contemporary imperial crisis. Rudyard Kipling was acknowledged throughout the English-speaking world not only as a wonderful teller of stories but as the 'singer of Greater Britain', or, as 'the Laureate of Empire'. In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, the Empire gained a beachhead in the classroom, particularly in the coupling of geography and history. The Island Story underlined that stories of heroic soldiers and 'fights for the flag' were easier for teachers to present to children than lessons in morality, or abstractions about liberty and responsible government. The Education Act of 1870 had created a need for standard readers in schools; readers designed to teach boys and girls to be useful citizens. The Indian Mutiny was the supreme test of the imperial conscience, a measure of the morality of the 'master-nation'.
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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2025
The Germans in India
Elite European migrants in the British Empire
by Panikos Panayi
Based on years of research in libraries and archives in England, Germany, India and Switzerland, this book offers a new interpretation of global migration from the early nineteenth until the early twentieth century. Rather than focusing upon the mass transatlantic migration or the movement of Britons towards British colonies, it examines the elite German migrants who progressed to India, especially missionaries, scholars and scientists, businessmen and travellers. The story told here questions, for the first time, the concept of Europeans in India. Previous scholarship has ignored any national variations in the presence of white people in India, viewing them either as part of a ruling elite or, more recently, white subalterns. The German elites undermine these conceptions. They developed into distinct groups before 1914, especially in the missionary compound, but faced marginalisation and expulsion during the First World War.
