TY  - BOOK
AU  -  Mill,James
TI  - The History of British India-Vol.3 [ electronic resource ]
SN  - 9780511782343 ( e-book )
U1  - 954 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - South Asian History
KW  - Area Studies
KW  - British History after 1450
KW  -  Asian Studies
KW  -  History
KW  - Electronic books
N2  - James Mill's three volume History of British India was published from 1817 to 1818 and became an immediate success. A friend of Jeremy Bentham and a follower of utilitarianism, Mill focuses more on historical processes than human interest. He uses extensive sources rather than first-hand experience to create, as his preface claims, an 'objective' yet 'critical' history, often making harsh judgements of the country and its people within the context of a theoretical framework. He also criticises the British involvement in India and the process of conquest, colonization, and administration, the intention being to encourage the reader to a greater understanding of historical processes, ideas, and institutions with a view to encouraging thorough reform. Volume 3 examines the history of the colony from Pitt's India Act in 1784 to the end of the Second Anglo-Maratha War and the peace between the British and Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar in 1805
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511782343
ER  -