000313515 000__ 02674cam\a2200361\a\4500 000313515 001__ 313515 000313515 005__ 20210513114202.0 000313515 008__ 050916s2006\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000313515 010__ $$a 2005044679 000313515 020__ $$a9780374283544 (alk. paper) 000313515 020__ $$a0374283540 (alk. paper) 000313515 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm61694851 000313515 035__ $$a313515 000313515 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dBAKER$$dC#P$$dIXA$$dYBM$$dBUR$$dNLGGC$$dYDXCP$$dBTCTA 000313515 043__ $$aa-ii---$$ae-uk--- 000313515 049__ $$aISEA 000313515 05000 $$aDS475$$b.G55 2006 000313515 08200 $$a954.03/508621$$222 000313515 1001_ $$aGilmour, David,$$d1952- 000313515 24514 $$aThe ruling caste :$$bimperial lives in the Victorian Raj /$$cDavid Gilmour. 000313515 250__ $$a1st American ed. 000313515 260__ $$aNew York :$$bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,$$c2006. 000313515 300__ $$axxiii, 381 p., [16] p. of plates :$$bill., maps ;$$c24 cm. 000313515 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 349-359) and index. 000313515 5050_ $$aIntroduction: Queen Victoria's Indian empire -- Old boys -- Competition wallahs -- Griffins -- District officers -- Campers -- Magistrates and judges -- Black sheep -- Frontiersmen -- Residents and agents -- Mandarins -- Life at the top -- Thinkers -- Players -- Husbands and lovers -- Families and exiles -- Pensioners. 000313515 520__ $$aBetween 1837 and 1901, fewer than 100,000 Britons managed an empire of 300 million people spread over the vast area that now includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Burma. How was this possible, and what were these people like? The British administration in India took pride in its efficiency and broad-mindedness, its devotion to duty and its sense of imperial grandeur, but it has become fashionable to deprecate it for its arrogance and ignorance. In this balanced history, author Gilmour goes far to explain the paradoxes of the "Anglo-Indians," showing us what they hoped to achieve and what sort of society they thought they were helping to build. He deals with the real trials and triumphs of an imperial ruling class; the dangerous temptations that an empire's power encourages; and relations between governor and governed, between European and Asian.--From publisher description. 000313515 651_0 $$aIndia$$xPolitics and government$$y19th century. 000313515 651_0 $$aGreat Britain$$xColonies$$zAsia$$xAdministration$$xHistory$$y19th century. 000313515 85200 $$bgen$$hDS475$$i.G55$$i2006 000313515 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005044679-b.html 000313515 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0624/2005044679-d.html 000313515 85641 $$3Sample text$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0643/2005044679-s.html 000313515 85642 $$3Book review (H-Net)$$uhttp://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0e9z0-aa 000313515 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:313515$$pGLOBAL_SET 000313515 980__ $$aBIB 000313515 980__ $$aBOOK 000313515 994__ $$aC0$$bISE