Dawning of the Raj
Subtitle: the life and trials of Warren Hastings
By: Jeremy Bernstein
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Hastings, Warren, -- 1732-1818; Colonial administrators -- India -- Biography; Colonial administrators -- Great Britain -- Biography; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947
Description: "Nothing in the history of empire is stranger than the creation of British rule in India, when a small European island became master of a subcontinent ranging from the Indian Ocean to the Himalayas. In the late eighteenth century, the person most responsible for this enterprise was Warren Hastings, Britain's first governor-general of India. In Dawning of the Raj, Jeremy Bernstein brings to life in vivid colors Hastings's story set against the background of the rise of British power."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-307) and index