An immersive portrait of the lives of the British in India, from the seventeenth century to Independence Who of the British went to India, and why? We know abou
In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial Britain used modern survey techniques to not only create and
The popular image of the British Raj-an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days and torri