Empress: Queen Victoria and India
In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria's influence as empress contributed significantly to India's modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, sugg…
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- Full title :Empress : Queen Victoria and India / Miles Taylor.
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In this engaging and controversial book, Miles Taylor shows how both Victoria and Albert were spellbound by India, and argues that the Queen was humanely, intelligently, and passionately involved with the country throughout her reign and not just in the last decades. Taylor also reveals the way in which Victoria's influence as empress contributed significantly to India's modernization, both political and economic. This is, in a number of respects, a fresh account of imperial rule in India, suggesting that it was one of Victoria's successes.
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- Publication Date:2018
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- Publisher(s):Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:New Haven
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2018
The Physical Object
- Description:xix, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, map ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780300118094, 0300118090
- oclc:on1065998515
- Dewey Decimal:954.035092
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