Mickelson-Gaughan, Joan, 1940- author.
New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2013.
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Notes:
- The factory, 1615-1757. An ‘extreamlie unkind’ decision The ‘incumberances’ ‘A college, monasterie…a house under religious orders’ A saint and a ‘mistris’ and Madras The ‘debauched’ ladies of Bombay Feathering their nests When east meets west — The age of the nabobs, 1757-1805. Fishing fleets A city of palaces Passages to India The merchant princes in retreat — The age of improvement, 1805-1856. ‘In search of the picturesque’ Burdens of empire Pilgrims in petticoats : the evangelicals Of clay and porcelain ‘For the quiet of his mind and the good of his soul’.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index.
- A social history of British women in India based on records, journals, and diaries of the women themselves and their contemporaries.
Subjects:
- Women, White — India — Social conditions.
- Women, White — India — History.
- British — India — Social conditions.
- British — India — History.
- Women — Great Britain — History.
- To 1900 fast
- History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628
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