Date of Award

Spring 1997

Document Type

Restricted Thesis

Terms of Use

© 1997 Abigail L. Swingen. All rights reserved. Access to this work is restricted to users within the Swarthmore College network and may only be used for non-commercial, educational, and research purposes. Sharing with users outside of the Swarthmore College network is expressly prohibited. For all other uses, including reproduction and distribution, please contact the copyright holder.

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

History Department

First Advisor

Timothy Burke

Abstract

This work looks at the development of imperial identities in nineteenth-century India, specifically in relation to British-educated Indian men. Swingen uses this new class of British-Indians to investigate the role of education in the empire, and to examine how identity forged under imperial rule revealed contradictions to the imperial model itself. She also argues that this intersection of education and empire would later go on to incite resistance to British rule through the demand for Western democracy and liberation. Through the use of primary sources from the recollections of British-educated Indian men and secondary sources that examine the British imperial structure, Swingen complicates the relationship between education and empire.

Comments

Recipient of the Paul H. Beik Prize in History, awarded in 1997.

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