'The better class' of Indians
Subtitle: social rank, imperial identity, and South Asians in Britain, 1858-1914
By: A. Martin Wainwright.
Series: Studies in imperialism
Publisher: Manchester University Press; distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester, U.K; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780719076664
Subjects: South Asians -- Great Britain -- History; South Asians -- Great Britain -- Social conditions; Social integration -- Great Britain -- History; Social classes -- Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Ethnic relations
Description: "This is the first book-length study to focus primarily on the role of class in the encounter between South Asians and British institutions in the United Kingdom at the height of British imperialism."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-256) and index.