HIS 2326 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thomas Robert Malthus, Britishness, Curbed
23 Jul 2018
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5 themes: service and the ideology of empire, administration and free trade, protest and responsible gov"t, rebellion and repression, crisis and change. University of ottawa: 1858: college is closed, trained people who caused rebellions in india, better to train them elsewhere (i. e. oxford and cambridge) 3 factors that bring about the change: 1830s: industrialization in britain has stimulated a different pattern of trade. But, found itself remarkably stable on the indian subcontinent: no serious conflicts in india, only threats were on the borders, only external threats, nepal, burma, punjab, afghanistan. Short on cash but didn"t need to extend what they had in wars. Jeremy bentham: gov"t should be conducted to ensure the greatest good for the greatest number of people, so that the majority of us can prosper and thrive. If you could modernize indian society they can benefit from the modernization of britain as well: gov.
