276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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Roger Jeffery in this book has brought together 10 original, well-researched and well-written essays which bring to life the presence of India in the capital city of Scotland, Edinburgh. On the surface Edinburgh is a purely Scottish city: its ‘India’ past is not easily visible. Yet, from the late 17th century onwards, many of Edinburgh’s young men and women were drawn to India. The city... Read more
1. Introduction – India in Edinburgh: 1750s to the Present 2. The Benefits to Edinburgh and Leith from East India Company Connections: c. 1725–c. 1834 3. Orientalist collecting of Indian Sculpture 4. India associations in Scotland’s National Galleries: From Tipu to the Trenches and Simla to Surrealism 5. A History of Indian collections at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh: In 22 Objects 6. The Skull Room: Craniological past of Edinburgh and India 7. Edinburgh Schools: Suppliers of Men for Imperial India in the long 19th century 8. Edinburgh University, the Indian Civil Service and the ‘Competition-Wallahs’ 9. Medical Education for Women in Edinburgh: The India Connection, 1869–1914 10. Afterword: An Indian in Edinburgh
Biography
Roger Jeffery is Professor of Sociology of South Asia at the University of Edinburgh.
