Home Letters Written from India - Between the Years 1828 and 1841 (Paperback)

Between 1827 and 1841, Samuel Sneade Brown (1809 1875), a colonial administrator, was stationed in India. Published in 1878, this is a selection of the letters he sent home to his family during that period. Brown describes his correspondence as 'a journal of my heart, rather than a diary of my actions', and his letters are both poetic and humorous, telling a personal history of the British Empire. Brown reveals the high cost of colonial living, lamenting to his mother the fact that he could not afford to marry and support a family either in India or England. He communicates his strong bond of affection to his native country and to those he left behind. Making the connection between home and abroad, private and public, the domestic and the Empire, the letters present an insight into the economic changes and political challenges of the nineteenth century.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - South Asian History
Release date:	June 2011
First published:	June 2011
Authors:	Samuel Sneade Brown
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	242
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-13417-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-108-13417-3
Barcode:	9781108134170

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