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Selections from Calcutta gazettes of the years 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, And 1805 showing the political and social condition of the En

Selections from Calcutta gazettes of the years 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, And 1805 showing the political and social condition of the En

W S Seton-Karr

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General ReferenceGeneral SociologyIndian & South Asian History

ISBN10: 935360687X
ISBN13: 9789353606879
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 30 2019
Pages: 608
Weight: 1.94
Height: 1.35 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Step into the bustling print rooms of early British Calcutta, where the fortunes of empire, trade and private lives were set in type. History speaks in everyday detail. Selections from Calcutta Gazettes of the years 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804 and 1805 showing the political and social condition of the English in India eighty years ago, Volume III gathers contemporary extracts, forming a vivid historical newspaper anthology of late 18th century India. Official notifications, shipping movements, court proceedings, commercial reports and social notices together chart the shifting landscape of East India Company politics and Anglo Indian social life, revealing how the British in India understood their world and their place within it. As part of the wider Calcutta Gazettes collection compiled by W. S. Seton-Karr, this volume stands as one of the most accessible colonial India primary sources for students of British in India history, East India Company records and British colonial archives. It is an invaluable reference for historians yet readable enough for general lovers of narrative history, and a rich resource for genealogy research into families connected with early British Calcutta and Bengal administration. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Prepared for readers, researchers and classic-literature collectors alike, this careful modern edition keeps the original voice of the Gazettes fully in view while making their insights into colonial society effortless to explore.

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