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ISBN: 1-78744-268-3

Series Statement: Worlds of the East India Company ; volume 14

Content: Over the long eighteenth century, thousands of men and women from the English provinces lived and worked in the East Indies. Yet the provincial commitment of human, financial and social capital to ventures in the East Indies has largely been disregarded. This book challenges the widely held view that British rule in India was driven primarily by the interests of London merchants and national political elites. Based on extensive original research, including the piecing together of biographical fragments of over 400 men and women from the Cumbrian counties, setting them in their family, social, financial and cultural networks, and outlining the details of their sojourns in the East, the book portrays a provincial world heavily implicated in the East Indies. It discusses how provincial people's encounter with the East Indies was driven by the desire of middling folk and gentry to promote, sustain, and, in some cases, revive fortunes, position and influence in their own provincial milieu, and thereby demonstrates how provincial preoccupations shaped the East Indies, and how East Indies experiences shaped provincial life. Kay Saville-Smith is Director of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment in Wellington, New Zealand. She completed her doctorate at the University of Lancaster.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2018). , Frontmatter -- , CONTENTS -- , List of Illustrations -- , Acknowledgements -- , List of Abbreviations -- , Glossary -- , Chapter 1 The Provincial World and Global Encounters -- , Chapter 2 Cumbrian Contexts, Patterns and Lives -- , Chapter 3 Why Go to the East Indies? -- , Chapter 4 ‘Passage to India’ -- , Chapter 5 Returning and Returns -- , Chapter 6 Conclusion: ‘Use of Globes’ -- , APPENDIX A: EAST INDIES ENUMERATED CUMBRIAN MEN -- , APPENDIX B: EAST INDIES ENUMERATED CUMBRIAN WOMEN -- , APPENDIX C: EAST INDIES WOMEN, ASSOCIATED CUMBRIAN MEN AND THEIR CHILDREN -- , APPENDIX D: HUDLESTON, KIN CONNECTIONS AND THE EAST INDIES -- , APPENDIX E: EAST INDIES CONNECTIONS OF THE WINDERS, STEPHENSON AND FAWCETTS -- , APPENDIX F: EAST INDIES CONNECTIONS OF THE BRADDYLLS, WILSONS AND GALES -- , APPENDIX H: KIN CONNECTIONS OF THOMAS CUST -- , BIBLIOGRAPHY -- , INDEX

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-78327-281-3

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781787442689

URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781787442689/type/BOOK

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 296 pages) , digital, PDF file(s)

ISBN: 9781787442689

Series Statement: Worlds of the East India Company volume 14

Content: Over the long eighteenth century, thousands of men and women from the English provinces lived and worked in the East Indies. Yet the provincial commitment of human, financial and social capital to ventures in the East Indies has largely been disregarded. This book challenges the widely held view that British rule in India was driven primarily by the interests of London merchants and national political elites. Based on extensive original research, including the piecing together of biographical fragments of over 400 men and women from the Cumbrian counties, setting them in their family, social, financial and cultural networks, and outlining the details of their sojourns in the East, the book portrays a provincial world heavily implicated in the East Indies. It discusses how provincial people's encounter with the East Indies was driven by the desire of middling folk and gentry to promote, sustain, and, in some cases, revive fortunes, position and influence in their own provincial milieu, and thereby demonstrates how provincial preoccupations shaped the East Indies, and how East Indies experiences shaped provincial life. Kay Saville-Smith is Director of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment in Wellington, New Zealand. She completed her doctorate at the University of Lancaster

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Apr 2018)

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783272815

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Language: English

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Format: 1 Online-Ressource

ISBN: 9781787442689 , 1787442683

Series Statement: Worlds of the East India Company volume 14

Content: "Over the long eighteenth century, thousands of men and women from the English provinces lived and worked in the East Indies. Yet the provincial commitment of human, financial and social capital to ventures in the East Indies has largely been disregarded. This book challenges the widely held view that British rule in India was driven primarily by the interests of London merchants and national political elites. Based on extensive original research, including the piecing together of biographical fragments of over 400 men and women from the Cumbrian counties, setting them in their family, social, financial and cultural networks, and outlining the details of their sojourns in the East, the book portrays a provincial world heavily implicated in the East Indies. It discusses how provincial people's encounter with the East Indies was driven by the desire of middling folk and gentry to promote, sustain, and, in some cases, revive fortunes, position and influence in their own provincial milieu, and thereby demonstrates how provincial preoccupations shaped the East Indies, and how East Indies experiences shaped provincial life. Kay Saville-Smith is Director of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment in Wellington, New Zealand. She completed her doctorate at the University of Lancaster."--

Content: Shows how it was not just the London elite and City merchants who had connections to British India

Note: Includes bibliographical references and index , Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1 The Provincial World and Global Encounters -- 2 Cumbrian Contexts, Patterns and Lives -- 3 Why Go to the East Indies? -- 4 â#x80;#x98;Passage to Indiaâ#x80;#x99; -- 5 Returning and Returns -- 6 Conclusion: â#x80;#x98;Use of Globesâ#x80;#x99; -- Appendices -- A East Indies Enumerated Cumbrian Men -- B East Indies Enumerated Cumbrian Women -- C East Indies Women, Associated Cumbrian Men and Their Children -- D Hudleston, Kin Connections and the East Indies -- E East Indies connections of the Winders, Stephensons and Fawcetts -- F East Indies connections of the Braddylls, Wilsons and Gales -- G Kin Connections of Catherine Holme -- H Kin Connections of Thomas Cust -- Bibliography -- Index.

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Saville-Smith, Kay Provincial society and empire Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2018 ISBN 1783272813

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781783272815

Language: English

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