Routledge Revivals: New India (1909): Or India in Transition

ISBN-13: 9781138282247 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 247 str.

Henry Cotton

Opis

First published in 1909, the purpose of this book was to draw attention to the political, social and religious changes that were taking place in India and detail how this should inform British colonial policy. The author argues that the political situation demanded decisive action as administration had become increasingly difficult in the face of growing patriotic feeling and that the crux of India’s economic problem was the poverty of its people. He asserts that the solution to both was the ‘sympathetic and systematic encouragement of her legitimate aspirations and patriotic tendencies’. This book will be of interest to students of Indian history and colonialism.

Spis treści

Preface; 1. India’s Political Problem 2. Indian Opinion and Aspirations 3. The Increased Bitterness of Race 4. Indian Land Problems 5. India’s Economic Problem; 6. Administrative Reform; I. The Substitution of Indian for European Official Agency II. The Separation of Judicial From Executive Functions, and the Re-organisation of the Civil Service III. Local Self-Government and the Legislative Councils; 7. England and India 8. Political Reconstruction 9. The Social and moral Crisis 10. The Religious Tendencies of India; Appendix: The Partition of Bengal; Index

O autorze

Henry Cotton