Through his writings, the leading East India Company servant, Sir John Malcolm helped to shape the historical thought of British empire-building in India. This book uses his works to examine the intellectual history of British expansion in South Asia, and shed light on the history of orientalism and indirect rule and the formation of British power.

Autorentext
JACK HARRINGTON has a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is a senior education officer in the charitable sector and continues to write and research on the history of British India.

Inhalt
Analysing Sir John Malcolm as an Ideologue of the British Empire Sir John Malcolm and the British Empire in India The Political History of India and the Creation of an Historiography of Imperial Conquest Sir John Malcolm and the History of Modern Asia Sir John Malcolm's Memoir of Central India : The Historic Case for Indirect Rule Sir John Malcolm and the Government of India after 1818 The History of the East India Company II: The Life of Robert, Lord Clive British India Before 1857 and the Writings of Sir John Malcolm