HIS 3180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: India Office, Dominate
18 Mar 2016
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Thursday 3 30 4 30 in dms 9141. Profound interest in essences of india: hodges believed that you had to look at past not present. Traveling road show, briish magistrates dealt with locals. People came to tents to solve legal issues, to inspect work and trading. Mission coming through, idea of that india needs governance and law, peace and order, etc. Understanding it grand past instead of the people. Usually expect that there would be a lot more people. Despoic relecion: people bowing, guy riding elephant, armed guards, think of tyranny, vast space between status of ruler and people briish thought. Reinforce point that india was great, but isn"t now: all the great things are in past, briish view the progress of history is either declining or stagnant, whereas briish is geing more complex. Make leap of what they see in present is that of the past. Idea of thames connecing to trading and travel.
