Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia : (Record no. 92271)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780857288301 |
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| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9781843318644 |
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| Language of cataloging | eng |
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| Classification number | 2011003908 |
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| Classification number | 266.00954 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Watt, Carey A. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia : |
| Remainder of title | From Improvement to Development. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Anthem Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2011. |
| 264 #4 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | ©2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (344 pages) |
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| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Anthem South Asian Studies |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Front Matter -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Main Matter -- Introduction THE RELEVANCE AND COMPLEXITY OF CIVILIZING MISSIONS C. 1800-2010 -- Civilizing Missions Today? -- The Present Book -- Postcolonial Britain: An Area for Further Research? -- Notes -- Part One: THE RAJ'S REFORMS AND IMPROVEMENTS: ASPECTS OF THE BRITISH CIVILIZING MISSION -- Chapter One: CONJECTURING RUDENESS: JAMES MILL'S UTILITARIAN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND THE BRITISH CIVILIZING MISSION -- Introduction: The History of British India as an Exercise in Futility -- Approaching The History of British India: Mill's Science of Human Nature -- The Scale of Civilizations -- Conjecturing Rudeness: Mill's Historiographical Method -- Conclusion: Mill and the Civilizing Mission -- Notes -- Chapter Two: ART, ARTEFACTS AND ARCHITECTURE: LORD CURZON, THE DELHI ARTS EXHIBITION OF 1902-03 AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF INDIA'S AESTHETICS -- Prologue: On the Political Implications of Art and Architecture -- Art and Architecture as a Marker of Progress -- The Indo-European Debate on Indo-Saracenic vs Palladio-Classic Architecture -- On the Development of Arts and Artefacts: The Delhi Arts Exhibition of 1902-03 -- Epilogue: Of Patronage and Politics -- Notes -- Part Two: COLONIALISM, INDIANS AND NONGOVERNMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS: THE AMBIGUITY AND COMPLEXITY OF 'IMPROVEMENT' -- Chapter Three: INCORPORATION AND DIFFERENTIATION: POPULAR EDUCATION AND THE IMPERIAL CIVILIZING MISSION IN EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY INDIA -- Introduction -- 1. Incorporation: Universal Education for Civilization -- 2. Differentiation: Useful Knowledge for Different Social Positions -- 3. Hierarchical Inclusion, Selective Appropriation, Renegotiating Positions -- 4. Demand and Supply, Technologies and Effects: The 'Copy-Book System'. |
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| Formatted contents note | Conclusion: Tensions of Empire and the Limits of the Civilizing Mission -- Notes -- Chapter Four: RECLAIMING SAVAGES IN 'DARKEST ENGLAND' AND 'DARKEST INDIA': THE SALVATION ARMY AS TRANSNATIONAL AGENT OF THE CIVILIZING MISSION -- Introduction -- The Emergence of Salvationism in Mid-Victorian England -- The Imperial Mission Without -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- Notes -- Chapter Five: MEDIATING MODERNITY: COLONIAL STATE, INDIAN NATIONALISM AND THE RENEGOTIATION OF THE 'CIVILIZING MISSION' IN THE INDIAN CHILD MARRIAGE DEBATE OF 1927-1932 -- Child Marriage, Colonialism and the 'Civilizing Mission' -- Nationalism, Feminism and the 'Self-Civilizing Mission' -- Pragmatism, Principle and the Colonial State -- The Aftermath -- Notes -- Part Three: INDIAN 'SELF-CIVILIZING' EFFORTS C. 1900-1930 -- Chapter Six: 'CIVILIZING SISTERS': WRITINGS ON HOW TO SAVE WOMEN, MEN, SOCIETY AND THE NATION IN LATE COLONIAL INDIA1 -- Conclusion -- Appendix. The Life of Women: Women's Place in Ancient Times -- Notes -- Chapter Seven: FROM 'SOCIAL REFORM' TO 'SOCIAL SERVICE': INDIAN CIVIC ACTIVISM AND THE CIVILIZING MISSION IN COLONIAL BOMBAY C. 1900-1920 -- Introduction -- Reclaiming the 'Depressed Classes' -- Social Work and the Urban Poor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part Four: TRANSCENDING 1947: COLONIAL AND POSTCOLONIAL CONTINUITIES -- Chapter Eight: FEMALE INFANTICIDE AND THE CIVILIZING MISSION IN POSTCOLONIAL INDIA: A CASE STUDY FROM TAMIL NADU C. 1980-2006 -- Introduction -- Why Female Infanticide in Postcolonial Tamil Nadu? -- Description of the Government Policies and Programmes -- Pre-Application Criteria -- Post-Application Criteria -- Voices from the Field -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter Nine: PHILANTHROPY AND CIVILIZING MISSIONS IN INDIA C. 1820-1960: STATES, NGOS AND DEVELOPMENT -- I. 1820-57: Philanthropy and the East India Company. |
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| Formatted contents note | II. Nationalism, Charity and Constructive Social Work, c. 1890-1947 -- III. 1947-1960: Philanthropy, Development and the Indian State -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Some Indian NGOs Connected to Gandhi's Constructive Programme c. 1915-1948 -- Notes -- Afterword IMPROVEMENT, PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT -- On the Legitimacy of the Civilizing Mission -- On the Origins of the Civilizing Mission -- On the Outcomes of the Civilizing Mission -- Notes -- End Matter -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | This collection provides a historical exploration of the tensions and complexities of civilizing missions undertaken by British or Indian states or organizations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Asia. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India - Civilization - British influences. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mann, Michael. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Watt, Carey A. |
| Title | Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia : From Improvement to Development |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | London : Anthem Press,c2011 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781843318644 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Anthem South Asian Studies |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=840435">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=840435</a> |
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