Women of the Raj - Hardcover

MacMillan, Margaret

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500014205 ISBN 13: 9780500014202

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1988

Synopsis

An account of Britain's involvement in India over three and a half centuries, which focuses upon the period between 1850 and 1947 to recreate the role of the women of the Raj, drawing on their letters, memoirs, novels and from interviews with survivors. First published in 1988.

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Review:

A vivid cultural and social history [that] reveals India in all its richness and vitality--Antiques Diary

A unique, interesting and very niche non-fiction read. It's great to see a book focusing on women's experiences --Of Beauty and Nothingness

As fascinating as it is unsparing...an engaging read that brings to life an under-explored side of colonial history --The Lady

Immensely readable --Mature Times

About the Author:

Margaret MacMillan received her PhD from Oxford University and is now a professor of international history at Oxford, where she is also the warden of St. Antony's College. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature; a senior fellow of Massey College, University of Toronto; and an honorary fellow of Trinity College, University of Toronto, and of St. Hilda's College, Oxford University. Her previous books include Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History; Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World; Women of the Raj: The Mothers, Wives, and Daughters of the British Empire in India; and Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize, the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize, and the Duff Cooper Prize and was a New York Times Editors' Choice.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0500014205
• ISBN 13: 9780500014202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256