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9780297847298

Children of the Raj

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  • ISBN13:

    9780297847298

  • ISBN10:

    0297847295

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-04-01
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd

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Summary

The shocking history of what the British in India did with their children.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations ix
Explanatory Notes xi
Acknowledgements xii
Glossary xv
Introduction 'We Indian Children' 1(273)
1 The Cure for the Heartache'
Children of the Nabobs
11(30)
2 'A Forlorn Race of Beings'
Eurasian Offspring
41(27)
3 'Alarming News'
The Mutiny and Other Perils
68(26)
4 'A Horse Does Not Cry'
Young Exiles in Victorian Britain
94(30)
5 'Cold Showers and Porridge'
British Schools in India
124(32)
6 'Kites as Brilliant as Butterflies'
White Children in India
156(29)
7 'Other People's Houses'
Separated Families in the Early Twentieth Century
185(28)
8 'The Last of the Empire's Children'
World War II
213(28)
9 'Is that the Same Moon that Shines in India?'
The End of the Raj and Beyond
241(33)
10 Did I Smell of Curry?'
The Abiding Effects of an Indian Childhood
274(19)
Epilogue 'A Shift in the Balance of Power'? 293(4)
Notes 297(32)
Bibliography 329(10)
Index 339

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