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The British in India: A Social History of the Raj
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The book takes an almost wholly uncritical perspective on the imperialist project that was the colonial operation in India. It also largely fails to take into consideration any Indian perspective. Which, for a social history, I would argue is rather important because social interactions require multiple parties.
The author takes an most blase attitude toward the multiple atrocities that Britain committed and overall seems to have a "Well yes it was bad for India but it was the glory days of the British empire and wasn't that rather swell" attitude.
The only reason that it's not a one star is that the author is, indeed, deeply thorough in his scholarship and is honest about his perspective in the introduction. But I cannot believe that the 500+ pages used here could not have been better served putting forward some Indian voices, or even just more voices of women and children who were with victims and perpetrators of the colonial project
The book takes an almost wholly uncritical perspective on the imperialist project that was the colonial operation in India. It also largely fails to take into consideration any Indian perspective. Which, for a social history, I would argue is rather important because social interactions require multiple parties.
The author takes an most blase attitude toward the multiple atrocities that Britain committed and overall seems to have a "Well yes it was bad for India but it was the glory days of the British empire and wasn't that rather swell" attitude.
The only reason that it's not a one star is that the author is, indeed, deeply thorough in his scholarship and is honest about his perspective in the introduction. But I cannot believe that the 500+ pages used here could not have been better served putting forward some Indian voices, or even just more voices of women and children who were with victims and perpetrators of the colonial project
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Finished Reading
June 6, 2024
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