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Lord Curzon in India: 1898-1903

Lord Curzon in India: 1898-1903

Caldwell Lipsett, H.

Paperback

Political BiographiesIndian & South Asian HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 9353701457
ISBN13: 9789353701451
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 15 2019
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
At the height of the British Raj, one man tried to steer an empire and a subcontinent at once. Power, principle, and empire collide. H. Caldwell Lipsett's Lord Curzon in India: 1898-1903 is a brisk, closely observed historical biography and political history nonfiction study of the viceroyalty that shaped Edwardian British India. Following Curzon's rise as a leading figure among British empire statesmen, Lipsett examines the pressures of rule: frontier strategy, administrative reorganisation, and the contested public measures that defined viceroy of India policies. Read as an imperial administration study, it brings into focus the machinery of British Raj governance and the arguments around colonial India reforms, illuminating how policy, personality, and propaganda intertwined within Indian colonial government history. Lipsett writes with the immediacy of his period, balancing admiration with critique and keeping the focus on what governance demanded day by day. For casual readers, it reads like a high-stakes chronicle of power. For scholars, it offers a grounded guide to institutions and debates in an age of change. A landmark contemporary portrait of governance in India 1898-1903, this classic history reprint remains essential for readers who want the texture of decision-making, not just the outcomes. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Presented as a complete unabridged edition, it is more than a convenient text: a lasting keepsake for serious history shelves.

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