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041			_aEnglish
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100			_aMacMillan,Margaret
245			_aWOMEN OF THE RAJ : Mothers, Wives and Daughters of the British Empire in India
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260			_bThames And Hudson _c2018/01/01
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500			_aThe apparent glamour of the Indian Raj continues to fascinate long after the British quit the subcontinent. But along with the beauty of the Indian landscape and the privilege of servants and holidays in hill stations, British women in that vanished world faced challenges and fears that came from being an alien ruling minority. These women were at the heart of the imperial enterprise. It was their role to support the men’s work, raise the children and attempt to replicate British society thousands of miles from home. They struggled in the face of heat, illness, loneliness and boredom as well as different customs, languages and religions. The distinguished historian and bestselling author Margaret MacMillan, drawing on letters and memoirs, novels and interviews, brings vividly to life their experiences – humdrum, extraordinary, light-hearted, tragic – through the century of the Raj, from the 1850s to Indian independence in 1947.
650			_aBritish -- India -- History.
650			_aWomen -- India -- History.
650			_aBritish -- India -- Social life and customs.
650			_aIndia -- Social life and customs.
650			_aIndia -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
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