Lady Nugent's East India Journal

Lady Nugent's East India Journal

A Critical Edition

Nugent, Lady Maria; Cohen, Ashley L.

OUP India

12/2014

460

Dura

Inglês

9780198089728

15 a 20 dias

The wife of Field Marshal Sir George Nugent (1757-1849), Lady Nugent could travel extensively and meticulously observed the ways the British imagined themselves in the Empire. Her journal, a significant historical treatise of that time, provides an insider's account of the varying notions of citizenships established by the British colonial rule.
Contents List ; List of Plates ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; Introduction ; Lady Nugent: A Global Chronology ; A Note on the Text ; Part 1: Voyage Out and Calcutta: June 1, 1811-June 31, 1812 ; Part 2: Tour of the Upper Provinces: July 1, 1812-August 9, 1813 ; Part 3: Calcutta and Voyage Home: August 10, 1813-June 18, 1815 ; Appendices ; A. Gen. Nugent Seeks the Office of Commander-in-Chief ; 1. Gen. Nugent to Lord Grenville, 22 May 1806 ; 2. Gen. Nugent to Lord Grenville, 24 January 1811 ; B. Letters Home ; 1. Gen. Nugent to Lord Temple, March 1812 ; 2. Lady Nugent to Lady Temple, 23 April 1812 ; 3. Gen. Nugent to Lord Buckingham, 15 August 1812 ; C. Arrangements for the Care of the Nugent's Children ; 1. 'Memoranda for Miss Dewey []', 13 June 1811 ; 2. Miss Dewey to Lady Temple, 17 April 1812 ; 3. Lady Temple to Lady Nugent, 18 April 1812 ; 4. Gen. Nugent to Lord Temple, 7 December 1812 ; 5. Lady Nugent to Lady Temple, 7 December 1812 ; Glossary ; Select Bibliography ; Index ; About the Editor
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