Ian St. John received his doctor of philosophy degree in modern history at Nuffield College, Oxford, England, and is head of history at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, England.

• PrefacePart I: The Expansion of British Rule 1600–18591 First Impressions2 Indians and the Making of the Raj3 Bengal and BeyondPart II: The Experience of British Rule 1600–18594 Landed Society and British Rule5 Commerce and Industry under Company Rule6 The Company, Class, and Caste7 The Experience of the State8 Cultural and Religious Life under Company Rule9 Resistance to British RuleNotesBibliographyIndex

There has been, of course, an abundance of scholarship, but no good synthesis to make it widely available. This is what St. John set out to provide, and he has succeeded admirably. . . This is a splendid introduction to its remarkable story. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries.

Ian St. John received his doctor of philosophy degree in modern history at Nuffield College, Oxford, England, and is head of history at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, England.

• PrefacePart I: The Expansion of British Rule 1600–18591 First Impressions2 Indians and the Making of the Raj3 Bengal and BeyondPart II: The Experience of British Rule 1600–18594 Landed Society and British Rule5 Commerce and Industry under Company Rule6 The Company, Class, and Caste7 The Experience of the State8 Cultural and Religious Life under Company Rule9 Resistance to British RuleNotesBibliographyIndex

There has been, of course, an abundance of scholarship, but no good synthesis to make it widely available. This is what St. John set out to provide, and he has succeeded admirably. . . This is a splendid introduction to its remarkable story. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries.

Ian St. John received his doctor of philosophy degree in modern history at Nuffield College, Oxford, England, and is head of history at Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree, England.

• PrefacePart I: The Expansion of British Rule 1600–18591 First Impressions2 Indians and the Making of the Raj3 Bengal and BeyondPart II: The Experience of British Rule 1600–18594 Landed Society and British Rule5 Commerce and Industry under Company Rule6 The Company, Class, and Caste7 The Experience of the State8 Cultural and Religious Life under Company Rule9 Resistance to British RuleNotesBibliographyIndex

There has been, of course, an abundance of scholarship, but no good synthesis to make it widely available. This is what St. John set out to provide, and he has succeeded admirably. . . This is a splendid introduction to its remarkable story. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries.