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Security and Progress Lord Salisbury at the India Office
Paul R. Brumpton
Book Code: GM1752
ISBN: 0-313-31752-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31752-1
272 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 12/30/2002
List Price: $102.95 (UK Sterling Price: £59.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Contributions to the Study of World History
Series Number: 99
Reviews:
  • Brumpton's examination of Salisbury's Indian Office sojourns should be of great interest to historians of Britain's politics and empire, as well as to anyone interested in the intellectual foundations of contemporary security studies....Brumpton has rectified a very considerable shortcoming in the literature in British imperial and political history. He offers much in this book to help clarify Salisbury's very deliberate refinement of the peculiar system of dual government and semi-indirect rule that had descended from Macaulay's "strangest of all governments...designed for the strangest of all empires."
    —Journal of Modern History     September 2005
  • [R]eaders interested in the interplay between policy and personality in the late Victorian era will find much of value in this study of Salisbury at the India Office, and one can hope that it will incite others to pursue the question of how as historians we can reconcile personality, ideology, and policy.
    —Victorian Studies     Autumn 2004
  • [A] vivid insight into the thinking that supported British rule in India through the pen of one of the most erudite and influential political figures of the nineteenth century.
    —The International History Review     June 2004
Description: In the wake of the Indian Mutiny, the 1860s and 1870s marked an important period of change and imperial consolidation for the British. Here the author examines the imperial policies of Robert Cecil, the third marquis of Salisbury, who served as secretary of state for India for two administrations during this key era, which marked a significant turning point for relations with the local princes. Clearly defining the office of secretary of state, Salisbury was responsible for policies designed to ensure the smooth running of an empire whose administration was made more difficult by the British Parliament, which possessed the right to oversee Indian affairs. Hoping to prevent a frontier war, Salisbury stressed the importance of promoting progressive change in such a way as to avoid arousing Indian opposition. This conservative approach to Indian government was able to countenance radical ideas, but it did give rise to the hostility of Western-educated Indians who sought more say in the governing of India. At this time, their opposition lacked weight, but Salisbury warned of future dangers should the British fail to promote the welfare of the Indian peasant and to solve India's financial difficulties. Salisbury would carry with him ideas developed at this time to his future posts as foreign secretary and prime minister. Brumpton's study complements existing research into imperial ideology and the official mind of India under the British.
Table of Contents:
  • Salisbury: A Biographical Summary
  • Prologue
  • The Anglo-Indian Relationship
  • The Limits of a Liberal Empire
  • A "Mediating Power": Policy Making and the Indian Office
  • Welfare and Material Progress
  • Feeding India: The Crisis in Indian Famine Management
  • The Ryot's Progress
  • Financing Progress: Public Works and Indian Resources
  • Security and Imperial Defense
  • The Princes and the Paramount Power
  • Diplomacy and Arms: Anglo-Afghan Relations and the Defense of India
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2002276831
LCC Class: DA564
Dewey Class: 941
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