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This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. It argues that class served as the primary register through which British polite society interpreted and applied other social distinctions such as race, gender, and religion. -- .

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. Ranjitsinjhi’s Britain
Part I: Institutions
2. The India Office
3. The National Indian Association
4. London’s inner-city missions to Indians
Part II: Interactions
5. Imperial subjecthood and legal identity
6. Patterns of compassion: Aiding Indians in need
7. Scholarships and the civilising mission
8. Assimilation and ostracism in education
9. A hierarchical empire
Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/08/2008
      ISBN13: 9780719076664, 978-0719076664
      ISBN10: 719076668

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book examines the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism. It argues that class served as the primary register through which British polite society interpreted and applied other social distinctions such as race, gender, and religion. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgements
      Abbreviations
      1. Ranjitsinjhi’s Britain
      Part I: Institutions
      2. The India Office
      3. The National Indian Association
      4. London’s inner-city missions to Indians
      Part II: Interactions
      5. Imperial subjecthood and legal identity
      6. Patterns of compassion: Aiding Indians in need
      7. Scholarships and the civilising mission
      8. Assimilation and ostracism in education
      9. A hierarchical empire
      Bibliography
      Index

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