At the heart of the Empire : Indians and the colonial encounter in late-Victorian Britain /
Burton, Antoinette M., 1961-
At the heart of the Empire : Indians and the colonial encounter in late-Victorian Britain / Antoinette Burton. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-267) and index.
Introduction: Mapping a Critical Geography of Late-Nineteenth-Century Imperial Britain -- 1. The Voyage In -- 2. "Restless Desire": Pandita Ramabai at Cheltenham and Wantage, 1883-86 -- 3. Cornelia Sorabji in Victorian Oxford -- 4. A "Pilgrim Reformer" at the Heart of the Empire: Behramji Malabari in Late-Victorian London.
"In this study, Antoinette Burton investigates the colonial empire through the eyes of three of its Indian subjects. The first of these, Pandita Ramabai, arrived in London in 1883 to seek a medical education. She left in 1886, having resisted the Anglican Church's attempts to make her an evangelical missionary, and began a career as a celebrated social reformer. Cornelia Sorabji went to Oxford to study law and became one of the first Indian women to be called to the bar. Already a well-known Bombay journalist, Behramji Malabari traveled to London in 1890 to seek support for his social reform projects. All three left the influence of imperial power keenly during even the most everyday encounters in Britain, and their extensive writings are conscious analyses of how "Englishness" was made and remade in relation to imperialism." "Written clearly and persuasively, this historical treatment of the colonial encounter challenges the myth of Britain's insularity from empire, demonstrating instead that the United Kingdom was a terrain open to contest and refiguration."--Jacket.
English.
9780520919457 (electronic bk.) 0520919459 (electronic bk.) 0585031673 (electronic bk.) 9780585031675 (electronic bk.) 9780520209589 (alk. paper) 0520209583 (alk. paper)
96029617
Malabari, Behramji M. 1853-1912 --Travel--Great Britain.
Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922 --Travel--Great Britain.
Sorabji, Cornelia--Travel--Great Britain.
Malabari, Behramji M. 1853-1912.
Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922.
Sorabji, Cornelia.
1800-1901
East Indians--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Imperialism--History--19th century.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
Impérialisme--Histoire--19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
East Indians.
Ethnic relations.
Imperialism.
International relations.
Manners and customs.
Travel.
Inderin
Kolonialismus
Imperialismus
Geistesleben
Voorindiërs.
Beeldvorming.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Great Britain.
Indiens (de l'Inde)--Histoire--Cas, Études de.--Grande-Bretagne
Geschichte 1880-1900.
Geschichte 1883-1902.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain--Relations--India.
India--Relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Ethnic relations.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--1837-1901 (Victoria)
Great Britain.
India.
London
Großbritannien
Inde--Relations--Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne--Relations--Inde.
Grande-Bretagne--Relations interethniques.
Inde--Histoire--1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--1837-1901 (Vic.)
Inder.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DA125.S57 / B87 1998eb
305.891/411041/09034
At the heart of the Empire : Indians and the colonial encounter in late-Victorian Britain / Antoinette Burton. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998. - 1 online resource (xv, 278 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-267) and index.
Introduction: Mapping a Critical Geography of Late-Nineteenth-Century Imperial Britain -- 1. The Voyage In -- 2. "Restless Desire": Pandita Ramabai at Cheltenham and Wantage, 1883-86 -- 3. Cornelia Sorabji in Victorian Oxford -- 4. A "Pilgrim Reformer" at the Heart of the Empire: Behramji Malabari in Late-Victorian London.
"In this study, Antoinette Burton investigates the colonial empire through the eyes of three of its Indian subjects. The first of these, Pandita Ramabai, arrived in London in 1883 to seek a medical education. She left in 1886, having resisted the Anglican Church's attempts to make her an evangelical missionary, and began a career as a celebrated social reformer. Cornelia Sorabji went to Oxford to study law and became one of the first Indian women to be called to the bar. Already a well-known Bombay journalist, Behramji Malabari traveled to London in 1890 to seek support for his social reform projects. All three left the influence of imperial power keenly during even the most everyday encounters in Britain, and their extensive writings are conscious analyses of how "Englishness" was made and remade in relation to imperialism." "Written clearly and persuasively, this historical treatment of the colonial encounter challenges the myth of Britain's insularity from empire, demonstrating instead that the United Kingdom was a terrain open to contest and refiguration."--Jacket.
English.
9780520919457 (electronic bk.) 0520919459 (electronic bk.) 0585031673 (electronic bk.) 9780585031675 (electronic bk.) 9780520209589 (alk. paper) 0520209583 (alk. paper)
96029617
Malabari, Behramji M. 1853-1912 --Travel--Great Britain.
Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922 --Travel--Great Britain.
Sorabji, Cornelia--Travel--Great Britain.
Malabari, Behramji M. 1853-1912.
Ramabai Sarasvati, 1858-1922.
Sorabji, Cornelia.
1800-1901
East Indians--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Imperialism--History--19th century.
Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--19e siècle.
Impérialisme--Histoire--19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
East Indians.
Ethnic relations.
Imperialism.
International relations.
Manners and customs.
Travel.
Inderin
Kolonialismus
Imperialismus
Geistesleben
Voorindiërs.
Beeldvorming.
Regions & Countries - Europe.
History & Archaeology.
Great Britain.
Indiens (de l'Inde)--Histoire--Cas, Études de.--Grande-Bretagne
Geschichte 1880-1900.
Geschichte 1883-1902.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain--Relations--India.
India--Relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Ethnic relations.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--1837-1901 (Victoria)
Great Britain.
India.
London
Großbritannien
Inde--Relations--Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne--Relations--Inde.
Grande-Bretagne--Relations interethniques.
Inde--Histoire--1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
Grande-Bretagne--Histoire--1837-1901 (Vic.)
Inder.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
DA125.S57 / B87 1998eb
305.891/411041/09034