Aftermath of Revolt: India 1857-1970

Thomas R. Metcalf

Published by Princeton University Press 1964

Aftermath of Revolt

India 1857-1970

Thomas R. Metcalf

Volume 2104 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400876648

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The Mutiny of 1857 left a deep mark on Indian society and on the nature of British rule. Thomas Metcalf analyzes the influence of the Mutiny on many facets of Indian life and relations with Great Britain, examining social reform, education, land settlement policy, the position of the tenant and the moneylender, relations with the Indian states, the structure of the government, and the growth of racial sentiment. The author also makes an attempt to place the India of the 1860's in the broader context of Victorian liberalism. The view emerges that the relations between the British and the Indian people were decisively altered by the Mutiny. In fact the decade following the upheaval was possibly the last great creative period of British rule, and one in which the nature of many of the institutions that lasted to independence were shaped.

Originally published in 1964.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
I. Introduction: The Era of Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. The Mutiny and Its Causes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
III. Education and Social Reform Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
IV. The Restoration of the Aristocracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
V. Landlord, Tenant, and Moneylender Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
VI. The Princes and the People Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	219
VII. Courts, Councils, and Civil Servants Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
VIII. The Legacy of the Mutiny Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
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