Download or read book British Policy and the Political Impasse in India During the Viceroyalty of Lord Linlithgow 1936 1943 written by Gowher Rizvi and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Viceroy at Bay written by John Hope Baron Glendevon and published by London : Collins. This book was released on 1971 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Tells The Story Of Viceroy Linlithgow Of India With Lucid Objectivily, Fully Aware Of The Criticisms That Could Be Stresses Under Which He Worked. Inscribed On The Front End Page.
Download or read book Linlithgow and India written by Gowher Rizvi and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Linlithgow and India written by Gowher Rizvi and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keeping the Jewel in the Crown written by Walter Reid and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth look at what truly happened when the Great Britain gave India its independence, from the author of Five Days from Defeat. When India became independent in 1947, the general view, which has prevailed until now, is that Britain had been steadily working for an amicable transfer of power for decades. In this book, Walter Reid argues that nothing could be further from the truth. With reference to a vast amount of documentary material, from private letters to public records and state papers, Reid shows how Britain held back political progress in India for as long as possible—a policy which led to unimaginable chaos and suffering when independence was granted, and which created a legacy of hatred and distrust that continues to this day. Praise for Keeping the Jewel in the Crown “A fascinating, robust and provocative version of the sunset of the Raj.” —Lawrence James, author of Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India “A thorough and hard-hitting account . . . presented with clarity and sobriety.” —BBC History Magazine (UK) “An excellent and original work . . . A meticulously researched, pioneering study that will appeal to many in both countries.” —The Open (India) “It is a rare book that will alter the way you look at one of history’s pivotal events and one of its greatest tragedies, but this is one of them.” —Matt Rubin, Washington Times
Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume V Historiography written by Robin Winks and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1999-10-21 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
Download or read book A Bibliography of British History 1914 1989 written by Keith Robbins and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 962 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing over 25,000 entries, this unique volume will be absolutely indispensable for all those with an interest in Britain in the twentieth century. Accessibly arranged by theme, with helpful introductions to each chapter, a huge range of topics is covered. There is a comprehensiveindex.
Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Empire Historiography written by Robin W. Winks and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the shape and the development of scholarly and popular opinion about the British Empire over the centuries.
Download or read book Us South Asian Relations 1940 47 written by Iftikhar H Malik and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-02-04 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Human Rights and the End of Empire written by Alfred William Brian Simpson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Convention on Human Rights of 1950 established the most effective international system of human rights protection ever created. This is the first book that gives a comprehensive account of how it came into existence, of the part played in its genesis by the British government, and of its significance for Britain in the period between 1953 and 1966.
Download or read book The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume V Historiography written by Robin Winks and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2001-07-26 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
Download or read book Fighting Retreat written by Walter Reid and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when Independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the subcontinent—or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully. Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards Independence, crippling the Government of India Act over five years of dogged opposition to its passage in the 1930s. As prime minister during the Second World War, Churchill frustrated the freedom struggle from behind the scenes, delaying Independence by a decade. To this day for Indians, he is the imperialist villain, held personally responsible for the Bengal Famine of 1943. This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish. However, the same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office, risking his career with his generosity to the Boers, the Irish and the Middle East. Why was he so strangely hostile towards India?
Download or read book Warfare Diplomacy and Politics written by Chris Wrigley and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1986 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Commonwealth of Nations written by W. David McIntyre and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 627 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a professor of history at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, presents a comprehensive survey of Commonwealth history from the time of soul-searching about the future of the British Empire, which marked the middle years of Queen Victoria’s reign, to the year when Britain decided to enter the European Community. The account is divided in three periods - 1869 to 1917, 1917 to 1941, and 1942 to 1971. Within each period a four-fold thematic divisions is followed: Dominions, Indian Empire, crown colonies, and protectorates.
Download or read book India s Partition written by Devendra Panigrahi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title offers an examination of the circumstances surrounding India's independence from Britain and the partition of the subcontinent.
Download or read book Ramparts of Empire written by B. Marsh and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This cultural and political study examines British perceptions and policies on India's Afghan Frontier between 1918 and 1948 and the impact of these on the local Pashtun population, India as a whole, and the decline of British imperialism in South Asia.
Download or read book Ends of British Imperialism written by William Roger Louis and published by I. B. Tauris. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pax Britannica to Pax Americana is the story of the British Empire from its late-nineteenth century flowering to its present extinction. Louis traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa, the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia, and the mid-20th century rush to independence to the Suez crisis, the icon of empire's end. It forms the ideal platform from which to examine the aims and outcome of empire. This authoritative and highly engaging history appears at a time when interest in the history of the British Empire has, ironically, never been stronger, making Ends of British Imperialism a must-read item for both scholar and general reader.
