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The History of British India

The History of British India

Mill, James

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India & South AsiaIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 1108022790
ISBN13: 9781108022798
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Dec 2 2010
Pages: 792
Weight: 4.10
Height: 1.57 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English
James Mill's three volume History of British India was published from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive sources rather than first-hand experience to create, as his preface claims, an 'objective' yet 'critical' history, often making harsh judgements of the country and its people within the context of a theoretical framework. He also criticises the British involvement in India and the process of conquest, colonization, and administration, the intention being to encourage the reader to a greater understanding of historical processes, ideas, and institutions with a view to encouraging thorough reform. Volume 3 examines the history of the colony from Pitt's India Act in 1784 to the end of the Second Anglo-Maratha War and the peace between the British and Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar in 1805.

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