Empire, politics and the creation of the 1935 India Act: last act of the Raj /
Andrew Muldoon
- Farnham, England; Burlington, VT: Ashgate, c2009.
- viii, 278 p.; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
India interpreted and imagined : culture, intelligence and policy-making in the late-colonial state -- "The heart mesmerizes the head" : Lord Irwin and the nationalists, 1926-1931 -- The problem of "reliable information" : British-Indian contacts in 1931 and 1932 -- Watching Gandhi : predicting Indian political behavior, 1933-1935 -- Preventing an "unholy row" : Indian reform, commercial policy and Lancashire, 1933-1935 -- "The men who know" : authority, policy and the future of the empire in the Conservative Party -- Provinces, princes and predictions : the fate of the 1935 India Act.
India--Politics and government India--Relations--Great Britain Great Britain--Relations--India Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History India--Colonial Influence