Title Provincial society and empire : the Cumbrian Counties and the East Indies, 1680-1829 / K.J. Saville-Smith

Published Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Worlds of the East India Company ; volume 14 Worlds of the East India Company ; v. 14. Contents Frontcover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- 1 The Provincial World and Global Encounters -- 2 Cumbrian Contexts, Patterns and Lives -- 3 Why Go to the East Indies? -- 4 â#x80;#x98;Passage to Indiaâ#x80;#x99; -- 5 Returning and Returns -- 6 Conclusion: â#x80;#x98;Use of Globesâ#x80;#x99; -- Appendices -- A East Indies Enumerated Cumbrian Men -- B East Indies Enumerated Cumbrian Women -- C East Indies Women, Associated Cumbrian Men and Their Children -- D Hudleston, Kin Connections and the East Indies -- E East Indies connections of the Winders, Stephensons and Fawcetts -- F East Indies connections of the Braddylls, Wilsons and Gales -- G Kin Connections of Catherine Holme -- H Kin Connections of Thomas Cust -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "Over the long eighteenth century, thousands of men and women from the English provinces lived and worked in the East Indies. Yet the provincial commitment of human, financial and social capital to ventures in the East Indies has largely been disregarded. This book challenges the widely held view that British rule in India was driven primarily by the interests of London merchants and national political elites. Based on extensive original research, including the piecing together of biographical fragments of over 400 men and women from the Cumbrian counties, setting them in their family, social, financial and cultural networks, and outlining the details of their sojourns in the East, the book portrays a provincial world heavily implicated in the East Indies. It discusses how provincial people's encounter with the East Indies was driven by the desire of middling folk and gentry to promote, sustain, and, in some cases, revive fortunes, position and influence in their own provincial milieu, and thereby demonstrates how provincial preoccupations shaped the East Indies, and how East Indies experiences shaped provincial life. Kay Saville-Smith is Director of the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment in Wellington, New Zealand. She completed her doctorate at the University of Lancaster."-- Provided by publisher Shows how it was not just the London elite and City merchants who had connections to British India Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 5, 2018) Subject British -- East Indies -- Social conditions SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Emigration & Immigration. HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia. HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. British colonies British -- Social conditions Colonization Emigration and immigration SUBJECT Cumbria (England) -- Emigration and immigration -- History East Indies -- Colonization Great Britain -- East Indies -- Colonies Great Britain -- Colonies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056632 Subject Asia -- East Indies England -- Cumbria Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781787442689 1787442683

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