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Peace, Poverty And Betrayal: A New History Of British IndiaStock informationGeneral Fields
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DescriptionHow can we explain the establishment and longevity of British rule in India without recourse to the clichés of imperial versus nationalist interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews offers a more nuanced view: one of oblige and rule, the foundation of common purpose between
Peace, Poverty and Betrayal argues that this was not a uniformly systematic approach, but rather a state of being: the British were never clear or consistent in their policies, and among British and Indians alike there were both progressive and conservative attitudes to the struggle over
Skewering the simplistic binaries that often dominate the debate, Peace, Poverty and Betrayal is a fresh and gracefully written narrative history of British India. |