Nath Ipshita
Nath Ipshita - Memsahibs British Women In Colonial India - Hardcover
Nath Ipshita - Memsahibs British Women In Colonial India - Hardcover
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Description: For young Englishwomen stepping off the steamer the sights and sounds of humid colonial India were like nothing they'd ever experienced. For many this was the ultimate destination to find a perfect civil servant husband. For still more however India offered a chance to fling off the shackles of Victorian social mores. The word 'memsahib conjures up visions of silly aristocrats well - staffed bungalows and languorous days at the club. Yet these women had sought out the uncertainties of life in Britain's largest busiest colony. Memsahibs introduces readers to the likes of Flora Annie Steel Fanny Parks and Emily Eden accompanying their husbands on expeditions travelling solo across dangerous terrain engaging with political questions and recording their experiences. Yet the Raj was not all adventure. There was disease and great risk to young women travelling alone; for colonial wives in far - flung outposts there was little access to 'society'. Cut off from modernity and the Western world many women suffered terrible trauma and depression. From the hill - stations to the capital this is a sweeping vividly written anthology of colonial women's lives across British India. Their honesty and bravery in their actions and their writings shine fresh light on this historical world.
Title: Memsahibs British Women In Colonial India
Author(s): Nath Ipshita
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787387089
Pages: 496 Pages
Publication Date: 9/15/2022
Category: Gender Studies: Women
Description: For young Englishwomen stepping off the steamer the sights and sounds of humid colonial India were like nothing they'd ever experienced. For many this was the ultimate destination to find a perfect civil servant husband. For still more however India offered a chance to fling off the shackles of Victorian social mores. The word 'memsahib conjures up visions of silly aristocrats well - staffed bungalows and languorous days at the club. Yet these women had sought out the uncertainties of life in Britain's largest busiest colony. Memsahibs introduces readers to the likes of Flora Annie Steel Fanny Parks and Emily Eden accompanying their husbands on expeditions travelling solo across dangerous terrain engaging with political questions and recording their experiences. Yet the Raj was not all adventure. There was disease and great risk to young women travelling alone; for colonial wives in far - flung outposts there was little access to 'society'. Cut off from modernity and the Western world many women suffered terrible trauma and depression. From the hill - stations to the capital this is a sweeping vividly written anthology of colonial women's lives across British India. Their honesty and bravery in their actions and their writings shine fresh light on this historical world.
Title: Memsahibs British Women In Colonial India
Author(s): Nath Ipshita
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781787387089
Pages: 496 Pages
Publication Date: 9/15/2022
Category: Gender Studies: Women
