"THE GREATER PART OF MY LIFE HAS BEEN SPENT IN INDIA": AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE CRISIS OF EMPIRE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

British men and women in India linked the intimate personal events of their individual and family histories with the public, political questions of empire during the twentieth century. In their autobiographies they conflated the personal and the political to validate not only their own lives, but th...

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Published in:	Biography (Honolulu) Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 130 - 150
Main Author:	PROCIDA, MARY A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Honolulu University of Hawai'i Press for the Biographical Research Center 22-12-2002 University of Hawai'i Press University of Hawaii Press
Subjects:	20th century Anthropology Autobiographies Biographies Biography British imperialism Civil service Colonial history Colonialism Colonies Communities Families & family life History Imperialism India Indian history Libraries Life stories Men Nationalism Politics Portrayals Self concept Social aspects South Asian studies Viceroys United Kingdom India United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:	British men and women in India linked the intimate personal events of their individual and family histories with the public, political questions of empire during the twentieth century. In their autobiographies they conflated the personal and the political to validate not only their own lives, but the role of British imperialism in India as well.
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ISSN:	0162-4962 1529-1456 1529-1456
DOI:	10.1353/bio.2002.0011