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British Burma in the New Century draws upon neglected but talented
colonial authors to portray Burma between 1895 and 1918, which was
the apogee of British governance. These writers, most of them
'Burmaphiles' wrote against widespread misperceptions about Burma.
This study is the first treatment devoted to Sir Arthur Helps
(1813-1875), who was a prominent figure in the mid-Victorian world.
Readers will discover that from the 1840s until his death, Helps
was influential and well-known to many key figures: Carlyle,
Ruskin, Froude and the Queen were among those whom he befriended.
In fact, it was almost certainly these relationships which Helps
sought to protect by directing that the bulk of his private papers
and correspondence be destroyed upon his death.Making use of
extensive primary and secondary sources, this book begins the
process of recovering this once eminent Victorian. Helps did become
a forgotten figure, but, nevertheless, during the course of his
career he made notable impacts upon many areas of British life. At
once a social activist and literary figure, Helps labored to
promote social reform while also lifting his pen to educate his
readers about the complexity of both societal problems and the
difficulties inherent in adequately addressing them. He looked well
beyond Britain as well: it would be Helps who authored a four
volume history of the Spanish conquest of the New World, while
developing unrivaled expertise on the history and practice of
slavery in the Americas. As Clerk of the Privy Council, Helps
played a decisive role in addressing the problems caused by the
`Cattle Plague' which shocked Britain in the middle of the 1860s.
Most important, perhaps, it would be as Clerk that Helps served
Queen Victoria not only as an informal confidant, but by making
decisions which refashioned the monarchy's public image. The book,
then, reintroduces Helps by documenting and assessing his
contributions to Victorian Britain.
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