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020			_a9781787383852 (hardback) _qhardback _c℗Đ25.00
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100	1		_aMatthews, Roderick, _d1956- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPeace, poverty and betrayal _hBook : _ba new history of British India / _cRoderick Matthews.
300			_av, 432 pages : _c24 cm.
365			_a01 _b5,208.00
520			_aHow can we explain the establishment and longevity of British rule in India without recourse to the clichš of "imperial" versus "nationalist" interpretations? In this new history, Roderick Matthews offers a more nuanced view: one of "oblige and rule", the foundation of common purpose between colonizers and powerful Indians. Peace, Poverty and Betrayal argues that this was not a uniformly systematic approach, but rather a state of being: the British were never clear or consistent in their policies, and among British and Indians alike there were both progressive and conservative attitudes to the struggle over colonization. Matthews' narrative also takes in the East India Company, which was manifestly incompetent as a ruler by 1770, yet after 1820 arguably became the world's first liberal government. Skillfully tying these ambiguities and complexities of British rule in India to the ultimate struggle for independence, Matthews illustrates that the very diversity of British- Indian relations was at the heart of the social changes that would lead to the Freedom Struggle of the twentieth century. Skewering the simplistic binaries that often dominate the debate, Peace, Poverty and Betrayal is a fresh and gracefully written narrative history of British India.
521			_aAll.
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