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Empire Families - Britons and Late Imperial India (Paperback, New Ed)
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Empire Families - Britons and Late Imperial India (Paperback, New Ed)
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What was life like for the British men, women, and children who
lived in late imperial India while serving the Raj? Empire Families
treats the Raj as a family affair and examines how, and why, many
remained linked with India over several generations.
Due to the fact that India was never meant for permanent European
settlement, many families developed deep-rooted ties with India
while never formally emigrating. Their lives were dominated by long
periods of residence abroad punctuated by repeated travels between
Britain and India: childhood
overseas followed by separation from parents and education in
Britain; adult returns to India through careers or marriage;
furloughs, and ultimately retirement, in Britain. As a result, many
Britons neither felt themselves to be rooted in India, nor felt
completely at home when back in Britain.
Their permanent impermanence led to the creation of distinct social
realities and cultural identities.
Empire Families sets out to recreate this society by looking at a
series of families, their lives in India, and their travels back to
Britain. Focusing for the first time on the experiences of parents
and children alike, and including the Beveridge, Butler, Orwell,
and Kipling families, Elizabeth
Buettner uncovers the meanings of growing up in the Raj and an
itinerant imperial lifestyle.
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