Daughters of the Empire a memoir of life and times in the British Raj
This study shows how, by supporting their husbands, British women held together the greatest empire on earch, often to their private cost and pain. Based on a very rich collection of letters, diaries, and photographs, it is a story of class, snobbery, racism, but also of suffering and courage, told...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Delhi :
Oxford University Press
2007
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| Edition: | 1st publ., 2nd impression |
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| See on Universidad de Navarra: | https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991003111289708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es |
| Summary: | This study shows how, by supporting their husbands, British women held together the greatest empire on earch, often to their private cost and pain. Based on a very rich collection of letters, diaries, and photographs, it is a story of class, snobbery, racism, but also of suffering and courage, told in a vivid and moving way. |
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| Physical Description: | xxxix, 165 p. : il. bl. y n. ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. xxxvi-xxxiv) |
| ISBN: | 9780195678123 |
