Title: At the heart of the Empire
First published: 1998
Description: In this study, Antoinette Burton investigates the colonial empire through the eyes of three of its Indian subjects. The first of these, Pandita Ramabai, arrived in London in 1883 to seek a medical education. She left in 1886, having resisted the Anglican Church's attempts to make her an evangelical missionary, and began a career as a celebrated social reformer. Cornelia Sorabji went to Oxford to study law and became one of the first Indian women to be called to the bar.

Already a well-known Bombay journalist, Behramji Malabari traveled to London in 1890 to seek support for his social reform projects. All three left the influence of imperial power keenly during even the most everyday encounters in Britain, and their extensive writings are conscious analyses of how "Englishness" was made and remade in relation to imperialism.

Written clearly and persuasively, this historical treatment of the colonial encounter challenges the myth of Britain's insularity from empire, demonstrating instead that the United Kingdom was a terrain open to contest and refiguration.
Subjects: Travel, History, Relations, Social life and customs, East Indians, Great Britain, Ethnic relations, Imperialism, East indians, foreign countries, Great britain, social life and customs, Great britain, history, victoria, 1837-1901, Great britain, relations, foreign countries, India, relations, foreign countries, Great britain, ethnic relations, Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde), Histoire, Impérialisme, Mœurs et coutumes, SOCIAL SCIENCE, Anthropology, Cultural, Discrimination & Race Relations, Minority Studies, International relations, Manners and customs, Inderin, Kolonialismus, Imperialismus, Geistesleben, Voorindiërs, Beeldvorming, Regions & Countries - Europe, History & Archaeology, Indiens (de l'Inde), Cas, Études de, Relations interethniques, Geschichte 1880-1900, Geschichte 1883-1902
Places: Great Britain, India
People: Behramji M. Malabari (1853-1912), Cornelia Sorabji, Ramabai Sarasvati Pandita (1858-1922)
Time periods: 19th century, Victoria, 1837-1901
LC classification: DA125.S57 B87 1998