Selected Writings of Allan Octavian Hume Vol. 1District Administration in North India, Rebellion and Reform, Volume One: 1829-1867 |
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| Author:
| Hume, Allan Octavian |
| Editor:
| Mehrotra, S. R.
Moulton, Edward C. |
| Series title: | Selected Writings of Allan Octavian Hume Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-565896-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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This is the first volume of the selected writings of Allan Octavian Hume, the founder of the Indian National Congress. It focuses on Hume's years in district administration in what was then the North Western Provinces. What lends special interest to this early phase of his life was that some eleven years of it were spent continuously in one district, Etawah. From these documents Hume emerges as a committed reformer in the British liberal utilitarian mode, but one who was very sensitive...
More DescriptionThis is the first volume of the selected writings of Allan Octavian Hume, the founder of the Indian National Congress. It focuses on Hume's years in district administration in what was then the North Western Provinces. What lends special interest to this early phase of his life was that some eleven years of it were spent continuously in one district, Etawah. From these documents Hume emerges as a committed reformer in the British liberal utilitarian mode, but one who was very sensitive to local Indian opinion.