Lion and the Tiger : The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947

249 Pages·2010·1.05 MB·English

by  Denis Judd

the lion and the tiger
Denis Judd is Professor of British Imperial, Common-
wealth, and Indian History at the London Metropolitan
University. He is the author of numerous books, including
the best-selling Empire: the British Imperial Experience from
1865 to the Present (Phoenix Press, 2001) and, most
recently,The Boer War(John Murray, 2003). He has writ-
ten radio documentaries for BBC Radio 4 and the World
Service, and has broadcast many times as a presenter,
consultant, and major interviewee for television and radio
programmes, most recently for BBC TV Newsnight, BBC
Radio 3 Nightwaves, Channel 4, ITV, South African TV,
and for BBC Radio 4’s ‘Vestiges – the British Empire’.
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THE LION AND
THE TIGER
The Rise and Fall of the British Raj,
1600‒1947
denis judd
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To Sam,
may you go from strength to strength
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Preface
The author would like to thank a number of people who
have been vital to the writing and publication of this book.
Thanks first of all to Katharine Reeve for commissioning
the book, and for her enthusiastic support throughout.
Thanks also to Emily Jolliffe for her friendly editorial help,
and to Hilary Walford for her extraordinarily meticulous
copy-editing. Sarah Kidd and Kate Farquhar-Thomson
have been wonderful publicists. The London Metropoli-
tan University provided generous research relief. Without
the intelligent, good-humoured, and efficient assistance of
Meryl Wilson it is doubtful whether the book would have
got to press on time and in so good a shape. Finally, I
would like to dedicate this book to my oldest grandson,
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Sam, aged , who has had so much to cope with over the
last few years, but who has maintained throughout not
only his courage but also his passionate interest in books. I
hope that one day this book will be enjoyed by him.
Denis Judd
2004
London,
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Contents
List of Plates xi
1.
‘To fly to India for gold’: Early Contacts,
1583 1615 1
–
2.
‘Infamous for their honest endeavours’:
1615 1708 14
Laying Foundations, –
3.
Conquest and Corruption: The Struggle
1708 1815 28
for Supremacy, –
4.
‘The great ends we have in view’: The East
India Company as Paramount Power,
1815 1857 46
–
5.
‘The devil’s wind’: The Great Indian
1857 1858 70
Uprising, or Mutiny, of –
6.
Lords of All they Surveyed? The Raj at its
1858 1905 91
Zenith, –
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