J.S. Mill's encounter with India

"John Stuart Mill worked for the East India Company in London for thirty-five years (1823-58), drafting many hundreds of despatches for the guidance of British administrators in India. This comprehensive effort brings together different strands of scholarship on Mill to determine the character of his role based on analyses of his draft despatches and comparisons of their practical and theoretical concerns with the broad themes of Mill's major writings on political philosophy and economics. The essays in this collection explore specific aspects of Mill's approach to Indian issues, including religion, law, education, and security, and also place him within the broader currents of utilitarianism. The contributors present different perspectives on the ideology in Mill's pragmatic work for the Company and his personal philosophy."--Jacket

Eric Stokes, British utilitarianism, and India / F. Rosen -- The tree of utility in India : panace or weed? / Allison Dube -- James Mill's The history of British India : a reevaluation / Javed Majeed -- John Stuart Mill's draft despatches to India and the problem of bureaucratic authorship / Martin Moir -- John Stuart Mill and royal India / Robin Moore -- India, J.S. Mill, and Western culture / Lynn Zastoupil -- Golden casket or pebbles and trash? : J.S. Mill and the Anglicist/Orientalist controversy / Penelope Carson -- John Stuart Mill, religion, and law in the examiner's office / Nancy Gardner Cassels -- Imperial epitaph : John Stuart Mill's defence of the East India Company / Douglas M. Peers -- John Stuart Mill and India / S. Ambirajan.