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The memsahibs' of the British Raj in India are well-known figures today, frequently depicted in fiction, TV and film. In recent years, they have also become the focus of extensive scholarship. Less familiar to both academics and the general public, however, are the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century precursors to the memsahibs of the Victorian and Edwardian era. Yet British women also visited and resided in India in this earlier period, witnessing first-hand the tumultuous, expansionist decades in which the East India Company established British control over the subcontinent. Some of these travellers produced highly regarded accounts of their experiences, thereby inaugurating a rich tradition of women's travel writing about India. In the process, they not only reported events and developments in the subcontinent, they also contributed to them, helping to shape opinion and policy on issues such as colonial rule, religion, and social reform.

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Introduction

Ann Deane, A Tour Through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan (1823)

Julia Maitland, Letters from Madras (1846)

Editorial Notes

Womens Travel Writings in India 17771854

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 11 March 2020
      ISBN-13 9781138202788
      978-1138202788
      ISBN-10 1138202789
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      Anthologies ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Colonialism and imperialism

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The memsahibs' of the British Raj in India are well-known figures today, frequently depicted in fiction, TV and film. In recent years, they have also become the focus of extensive scholarship. Less familiar to both academics and the general public, however, are the eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century precursors to the memsahibs of the Victorian and Edwardian era. Yet British women also visited and resided in India in this earlier period, witnessing first-hand the tumultuous, expansionist decades in which the East India Company established British control over the subcontinent. Some of these travellers produced highly regarded accounts of their experiences, thereby inaugurating a rich tradition of women's travel writing about India. In the process, they not only reported events and developments in the subcontinent, they also contributed to them, helping to shape opinion and policy on issues such as colonial rule, religion, and social reform.

      This new set in the Chawton Hou

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Ann Deane, A Tour Through the Upper Provinces of Hindostan (1823)

      Julia Maitland, Letters from Madras (1846)

      Editorial Notes

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