The Illusion of Permanence: British Imperialism in India

Francis G. Hutchins

Published by Princeton University Press 1967

The Illusion of Permanence

British Imperialism in India

Francis G. Hutchins

Volume 1912 in the series Princeton Legacy Library

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400879649

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By combining the techniques of intellectual history and social psychology Professor Hutchins provides a new perspective for an understanding of the intellectual atmosphere of British imperialism in India in the nineteenth century. The author stresses that the illusion of permanence began some years before the Great Mutiny of 1857, although it was the Mutiny that made the subsequent imperialistic attitude rigid. His source materials include the writings of travelers, diarists, civil servants, soldiers, and retired officials; such literature as Jane Eyre, A Passage to India, Oakfield by William Arnold, the Works of Kipling; letters, essays, newspaper articles, and records of the Parliamentary hearings following the Mutiny.

Originally published in 1967.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xvii
I. Evangelicism, Utilitarianism, and the Origin of the Idea of a Just Rule Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. The Right Sort of Conduct: India's Attraction for Victorian Englishmen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
III. Concepts of Indian Character Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
IV. The Response to the Mutiny of 1857 and the Abolition of the East India Company Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
V. British Indian Society: A Middle Class Aristocracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
VI. Technology, Force, Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	119
VII. Nation and Empire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
VIII. The Attempted Orientalization of British Rule Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
IX. The Response to the Nationalist Challenge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	186
X. The Fragility of Imperial Confidence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
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