India in Britain: South Asian Networks and Connections, 1858-1950 [Paperback]

Moving away from orthodox narratives of the Raj and British presence in India, this book examines the significance of the networks and connections that South Asians established on British soil. Looking at the period 1858-1950, it presents readings of cultural history and points to the urgent need to open up the parameters of this field of study.List of Figures Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Preface: The Importance of Strangers; N.Sahgal Introduction; S.Nasta The Zig Zag Lines of Tentative Connection: Indian-British Contacts in the Late Nineteenth Century; E.Boehmer Writing Empire, Fighting War: India, Great Britain and the First World War; S.Das Tracing the Legacy of an Experimental Generation: Three Iconic Travellers in 1890s London; A.Bubb Forging Global Networks in the Imperial Era: Atiya Fyzee in Edwardian London; S.Lambert-Hurley 'A Mosque in London worthy of the tradition of Islam and worthy of the capital of the British Empire': The Struggle to Create Muslim Space, 1910-1944; H.Ansari Crafting Connections: The India Society and the Formation of an Imperial Artistic Network in Early Twentieth-Century Britain; S.V.Turner Dialoguing with Empire: The Literary and Political Rhetoric of Sarojini Naidu; C.Lokuge 'Best Sellers': India, Indians and the British Reading Public; M.Lahiri 'A Flute of Praise': Indian Theatre in Britain in the Early Twentieth Century; C.Chambers Calling From London, Talking to India: South Asian Networks at the BBC and the case of G.V. Desani; E.Bainbridge & F.Stadtler 'Civilising Sabu of India': Redefining the White Man's Burden in Twentieth-Century Britain; J.Gold Connective Tissue: South Asians and the Making of Postcolonial Histories in Britain; A.Burton Select Bibliography Index

'This is indeed an impressive and ground-breaking collection of essays, offering significantly new research, and revealing the important contributions to British culture, society, and history made by Indian immigrants and visitors to Britain l3o