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The World We Left Behind: Chronicle of the Year 1939
by Kee, Robert
- Used
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0297782878
- ISBN 13
- 9780297782872
- Seller
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ELY, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good/Very Good. 1984. Hard Cover. 8vo 0297782878 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 736 pages clean and tight. This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its masters knew that it rested ultimately on the goodwill of Indians. This is a new look at a subject rich in incident and character; the India of the Raj was that of Clive, Kipling, Curzon and Gandhi and a host of lesser known others. RAJ will provoke debate, for it sheds new light on Mountbatten and the events of 1946-47 which ended an exercise in benign autocracy and an experiment in altruism. .
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- Bookseller
- CHARLES BOSSOM
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145140
- Title
- The World We Left Behind: Chronicle of the Year 1939
- Author
- Kee, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0297782878
- ISBN 13
- 9780297782872
- Publisher
- Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
CHARLES BOSSOM
Biblio member since 2010
ELY, Cambridgeshire
About CHARLES BOSSOM
Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. We offer a changing selection of old and out-of-print books in a wide range of subjects. We frequently add new items to our stock so visit us regularly.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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