Simla in Ragtime. An illustrated guide book ... New edition
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Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Simla (India) |
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Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1918 |
Genre | : Simla (India) |
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Author | : Doz |
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Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1913* |
Genre | : Simla (India) |
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Author | : John Zubrzycki |
Publisher | : Transit Lounge |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2017-04-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0995359512 |
It was a scandal that rocked the highest echelons of the British Raj. In 1891, a notorious jeweller and curio dealer from Simla offered to sell the world's largest brilliant-cut diamond to the fabulously wealthy Nizam of Hyderabad. If the audacious deal succeeded it would set the merchant up for life. But the transaction went horribly wrong. The Nizam accused him of fraud, triggering a sensational trial in the Calcutta High Court that made headlines around the world...
Author | : Dane Kennedy |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520311000 |
Perched among peaks that loom over heat-shimmering plains, hill stations remain among the most curious monuments to the British colonial presence in India. In this engaging and meticulously researched study, Dane Kennedy explores the development and history of the hill stations of the raj. He shows that these cloud-enshrouded havens were sites of both refuge and surveillance for British expatriates: sanctuaries from the harsh climate as well as an alien culture; artificial environments where colonial rulers could nurture, educate, and reproduce themselves; commanding heights from which orders could be issued with an Olympian authority. Kennedy charts the symbolic and sociopolitical functions of the hill stations over the course of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, arguing that these highland communities became much more significant to the British colonial government than mere places for rest and play. Particularly after the revolt of 1857, they became headquarters for colonial political and military authorities. In addition, the hill stations provided employment to countless Indians who worked as porters, merchants, government clerks, domestics, and carpenters. The isolation of British authorities at the hill stations reflected the paradoxical character of the British raj itself, Kennedy argues. While attempting to control its subjects, it remained aloof from Indian society. Ironically, as more Indians were drawn to these mountain areas for work, and later for vacation, the carefully guarded boundaries between the British and their subjects eroded. Kennedy argues that after the turn of the century, the hill stations were increasingly incorporated into the landscape of Indian social and cultural life. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1996.
Author | : British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : English imprints |
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Author | : British Library |
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Total Pages | : 540 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Reference |
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Author | : British museum. Dept. of printed books |
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Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1931 |
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Author | : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books |
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Total Pages | : 1288 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : English imprints |
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Total Pages | : 1586 |
Release | : 1927 |
Genre | : Best books |
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Author | : Abby Haight |
Publisher | : Crown |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2017-12-05 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0525575316 |
Perfect for fans of I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, this first full scale biography of Tonya Harding explores one of the most provocative figures in figure skating at the height of the controversy—centered on the 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan—that made Harding a household name. Championship figure skating, despite its surface appearance of pristine elegance, is a ferociously competitive sport, full of bitter rivalry and personal antagonism. Olympic glory means everything: fame, money, and the admiration of millions. Every skater who goes for the gold has drive and tremendous competitive spirit, but few more than Tonya Harding. In Fire on Ice, you will learn about Harding’s hardscrabble childhood—a childhood racked by abuse, money problems, and unceasing pressure and belittlement by her mother. And you will learn how Tonya Harding made herself into one of America’s best skaters. Here is a young woman whose fierce ambition was, in the end, her downfall. Her story is a tale of sacrifice and overcoming obstacles, of the strength of competition and the blindness of ambition. In the thin ice over which Tonya Harding always glided, we could not help but see an American story, and all of America was watching.