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REID, WALTER - Keeping the jewel in the crown : the British betrayal of India / Walter Reid

Title: Keeping the jewel in the crown : the British betrayal of India / Walter Reid
Description: Edinburgh : Birlinn 2016. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; x. 288 pages. 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white). maps (black and white). portraits (black and white) ; 24 cm. Summary; When India became independent in 1947. the general view. which has prevailed until now. is that Britain had been steadily working for an amicable transfer of power for decades. In this book Walter Reid argues that nothing could be further from the truth. With reference to a vast amount of documentary material. from private letters to public records and state papers. he shows how Britain held back political progress in India for as long as possible - a policy which led to unimaginable chaos and suffering when independence was granted. and which created a legacy of hatred and distrust that continues to this day. Subjects; India — Politics and government — 1919-1947. India — History — Partition. 1947. India — History — Autonomy and independence movements. Weight in Kg appr.:

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Price: EUR 9.95 = appr. US$ 10.81 Seller: MW Books
- Book number: 273904



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