A Winter in India

Light Impressions of its Cities, Peoples and Customs

Archibald B. Spens (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

295 Seiten

2019
Routledge India (Verlag)
978-0-367-17681-5 (ISBN)

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A fascinating travelogue set in the British Raj in the early 20th century, this book depicts the British attitude to the empire and India, and offers an insight into the creation of India as a modern nation.

A charming travelogue set in the British Raj, A Winter in India presents a fascinating journey across people, customs, languages, cities, monuments, and landscapes. Spens� thrilling and amusing anecdotes and multifarious experiences � of the rugged Khyber Pass and its tribes, the military history and the Mutiny of 1857 at Kanpur and Lucknow, religi

Archibald B. Spens served as a Captain in the Royal Army Service Corps, 1915�18, and in the 2nd/18th Essex Regiment in 1920. He was made Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919. Including A Winter in India, he was the author of five books. Peter Robb was Research Professor of the History of India and is Professor Emeritus at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS ),University of London.

Introduction Peter Robb. List of Illustrations. Preface. Port Said and the Suez Canal. Toussoum. Red Sea. Aden. Umballa. Peshawar and Khyber Pass. Lahore. Amritsar. Simla. Patiala. Agra, Fatehpur Sikri and Sikandra. Cawnpore. Lucknow. Benares. Delhi. Gwalior. Jaipur. Amber. Bombay.

Erscheinungsdatum	20.06.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Anthologien
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-367-17681-5 / 0367176815
ISBN-13	978-0-367-17681-5 / 9780367176815
Zustand	Neuware