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Women of the Raj
Margaret MacMillan
其他書名
The Mothers, Wives and Daughters of the British Empire in India
出版Thames and Hudson Limited, 2018-05-31
主題History / WomenPolitical Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
ISBN05007742939780500774298
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=S1fGDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The apparent glamour of the Indian Raj continues to fascinate long after the British quit the subcontinent. But along with the beauty of the Indian landscape and the privilege of servants and holidays in hill stations, British women in that vanished world faced challenges and fears that came from being an alien ruling minority. These women were at the heart of the imperial enterprise. It was their role to support the mens work, raise the children and attempt to replicate British society thousands of miles from home. They struggled in the face of heat, illness, loneliness and boredom as well as different customs, languages and religions. The distinguished historian and bestselling author Margaret MacMillan, drawing on letters and memoirs, novels and interviews, brings vividly to life their experiences humdrum, extraordinary, light-hearted, tragic at the height of the Raj, from the 1850s to Indian independence in 1947.