Author: Roger Jeffery
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000556611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Roger Jeffery in this book has brought together 10 original, well-researched and well-written essays which bring to life the presence of India in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. On the surface Edinburgh is a purely Scottish city: its ‘India’ past is not easily visible. Yet, from the late 17th century onwards, many of Edinburgh’s young men and women were drawn to India. The city received back money and knowledge, sculpture and paintings, botanical specimens and even skulls! Colonel James Skinner, well-known for establishing Skinner’s Horse, brought his sons to Edinburgh for their schooling. Though Sir Walter Scott visited India only in his imagination (and tried to stop his own sons going there) he crafted a dashing India tale involving Tipu Sultan. The money from India helped create Edinburgh’s New Town, Edinburgh’s internationally-renowned schools (whose former pupils careers ranged from tea-planters to Viceroys) and people who came to Edinburgh from India established Edinburgh’s second women’s medical college. There are many such hidden stories of Edinburgh’s India connections. In this path-breaking book they are brought to life, using novel approaches to look at Edinburgh’s past, to see it as an imperial city, a city for which India held a special place. Focusing on the interactions between individual lives, social networks and financial, material, cultural and social flows, leading experts from Edinburgh’s history provide fascinating detail on how Edinburgh’s links to India were formed and transformed. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
India In Edinburgh
Author: Roger Jeffery
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000556611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Roger Jeffery in this book has brought together 10 original, well-researched and well-written essays which bring to life the presence of India in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. On the surface Edinburgh is a purely Scottish city: its ‘India’ past is not easily visible. Yet, from the late 17th century onwards, many of Edinburgh’s young men and women were drawn to India. The city received back money and knowledge, sculpture and paintings, botanical specimens and even skulls! Colonel James Skinner, well-known for establishing Skinner’s Horse, brought his sons to Edinburgh for their schooling. Though Sir Walter Scott visited India only in his imagination (and tried to stop his own sons going there) he crafted a dashing India tale involving Tipu Sultan. The money from India helped create Edinburgh’s New Town, Edinburgh’s internationally-renowned schools (whose former pupils careers ranged from tea-planters to Viceroys) and people who came to Edinburgh from India established Edinburgh’s second women’s medical college. There are many such hidden stories of Edinburgh’s India connections. In this path-breaking book they are brought to life, using novel approaches to look at Edinburgh’s past, to see it as an imperial city, a city for which India held a special place. Focusing on the interactions between individual lives, social networks and financial, material, cultural and social flows, leading experts from Edinburgh’s history provide fascinating detail on how Edinburgh’s links to India were formed and transformed. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000556611
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Roger Jeffery in this book has brought together 10 original, well-researched and well-written essays which bring to life the presence of India in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. On the surface Edinburgh is a purely Scottish city: its ‘India’ past is not easily visible. Yet, from the late 17th century onwards, many of Edinburgh’s young men and women were drawn to India. The city received back money and knowledge, sculpture and paintings, botanical specimens and even skulls! Colonel James Skinner, well-known for establishing Skinner’s Horse, brought his sons to Edinburgh for their schooling. Though Sir Walter Scott visited India only in his imagination (and tried to stop his own sons going there) he crafted a dashing India tale involving Tipu Sultan. The money from India helped create Edinburgh’s New Town, Edinburgh’s internationally-renowned schools (whose former pupils careers ranged from tea-planters to Viceroys) and people who came to Edinburgh from India established Edinburgh’s second women’s medical college. There are many such hidden stories of Edinburgh’s India connections. In this path-breaking book they are brought to life, using novel approaches to look at Edinburgh’s past, to see it as an imperial city, a city for which India held a special place. Focusing on the interactions between individual lives, social networks and financial, material, cultural and social flows, leading experts from Edinburgh’s history provide fascinating detail on how Edinburgh’s links to India were formed and transformed. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
India in Edinburgh
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ISBN: 9789383166350
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789383166350
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
From Edinburgh to India and Burmah
Author: William Gordon Burn Murdoch
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN: 9781435393615
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN: 9781435393615
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
Author: William Gordon Burn Murdoch
Publisher:
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Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 476
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Publisher:
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Category : Burma
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
The India Civil Service as a Career for Scotsmen
Author: John Wilson (M.A., Edinburgh.)
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
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Category : British
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
From Edinburgh to India [and] Burmah
Author: William Gordon Burn Murdoch
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
Author: W. Gurn Murdoch
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781518635908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781518635908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
This collection of literature attempts to compile many classics that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah [eBook - NC Digital Library]
Author: William Gordon Burn Murdoch
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Account of the Operations of the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India
Author: Survey of India. Trigonometrical Branch
Publisher:
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Category : Geodesy
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Geodesy
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
From Edinburgh to India Burmah
Author: W. G. Burn Murdoch
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781507673522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"[...]October breeze coming—low banks of cirri-cumuli above the horizon—clear overhead with streaks of rusty red cloud fine as hair—the evening is cold, here is an attempt at it with a brush. And we had music in the place for music on deck; an Irish lady played the fiddle and played so well with a piano accompaniment to an audience of six—if the Bay keeps quite the audience ought to increase. After the sunset, dinner—what a tedious business it is; the waiting is perfectly planned, but the waiters themselves have to wait ages at the two service hatches, where they get all jammed together, so the time between the courses seems interminable; you almost forget you are at a meal at all. To-night dinner and conversation both hang fire at our end of the table, and I overhear from the other end where my cousin sits interesting scraps about India, which is distinctly annoying; R. is relating some of his[...]".
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781507673522
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"[...]October breeze coming—low banks of cirri-cumuli above the horizon—clear overhead with streaks of rusty red cloud fine as hair—the evening is cold, here is an attempt at it with a brush. And we had music in the place for music on deck; an Irish lady played the fiddle and played so well with a piano accompaniment to an audience of six—if the Bay keeps quite the audience ought to increase. After the sunset, dinner—what a tedious business it is; the waiting is perfectly planned, but the waiters themselves have to wait ages at the two service hatches, where they get all jammed together, so the time between the courses seems interminable; you almost forget you are at a meal at all. To-night dinner and conversation both hang fire at our end of the table, and I overhear from the other end where my cousin sits interesting scraps about India, which is distinctly annoying; R. is relating some of his[...]".