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A history of the British administration in South Asia during the reign of Queen Victoria profiles the India Civil Service and the society they attempted to build in the region, explaining how officers and their families were expected to fulfill a wide range of roles, from magistrates and settlement officers to sanitation inspectors and public-health officers.
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"Beautifully written and endlessly diverting... Excellent" (Denis Judd Times Literary Supplement)
"A book that is not only informative, but also lucid, witty, and extremely well-written" (Daily Telegraph)
"Based on stunningly exhaustive research in official archives and family papers, and written with tremendous wit, style and sense of pace, Gilmour's book is a masterful account of British life in India. If you have ever wondered what it would have been like to run the Raj, The Ruling Caste has all the answers." (Dominic Sandbrook Scotsman)
"Gilmour is the perfect companion to Victorian India - shrewd, funny, always a joy to read. He writes lean, elegant prose and wears his learning lightly... In David Gilmour, the British in India have at last found the historian they deserve. This is a marvellous book" (Jane Ridley Spectator)
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"A book that is not only informative, but also lucid, witty, and extremely well-written" (Daily Telegraph)
"Based on stunningly exhaustive research in official archives and family papers, and written with tremendous wit, style and sense of pace, Gilmour's book is a masterful account of British life in India. If you have ever wondered what it would have been like to run the Raj, The Ruling Caste has all the answers." (Dominic Sandbrook Scotsman)
"Gilmour is the perfect companion to Victorian India - shrewd, funny, always a joy to read. He writes lean, elegant prose and wears his learning lightly... In David Gilmour, the British in India have at last found the historian they deserve. This is a marvellous book" (Jane Ridley Spectator)
"Masterly and fascinating" (Sunday Times)
Acclaimed historian David Gilmour gives us a compelling account of the public and private lives of the Britons who ruled colonial India.
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- PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0374283540
- ISBN 13 9780374283544
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