The missionary and the maharajas : cecil tyndale-biscoe and the making of modern kashmir 9781788314794

Варианты приобретения

Цена: 29040.00T
Кол-во:
о цене
Наличие: Отсутствует.
Возможна поставка под заказ. Дата поступления на склад уточняется после оформления заказа

Добавить в корзину

в Мои желания

Автор: Tyndale Biscoe Hugh
Название: The missionary and the maharajas : cecil tyndale-biscoe and the making of modern kashmir
ISBN: 9781788314794
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
Классификация:

Биографии: общее жизнеописание

Биографии исторических, политических и военных деятелей

История Азии

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Колониализм и империализм

Национально-освободительное движение и независимость, постколониализм

Религии и верования

Христианство

Христианская миссионерская деятельность и евангелизм

Политика и политический строй

Политическая система и политические процессы

ISBN-10: 1788314794
Обложка/Формат: Hardback
Страницы: 360
Вес: 0.56 кг.
Дата издания: 18.12.2018
Серия: Political Science
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: 25 black and white illustrations
Размер: 430 x 225 x 33
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Ключевые слова: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000,Colonialism & imperialism,History of religion, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia,POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism,RELIGION / History
Подзаголовок: Cecil tyndale-biscoe and the making of modern kashmir
Рейтинг:
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe polarised opinion in early 20th India by his unconventional methods of educating Kashmiris and, through them, changing the social order of a society steeped in old superstitions. He was a man of contradictions: a Christian and a boxer, a missionary who made very few converts, a staunch supporter of British imperialism and a friend of Kashmir’s political reformers. He made enemies of the Hindu Establishment, who described him as ‘exceedingly a bad man and one too much fond of cricket,’ but earned the respect of two successive Hindu Maharajas, as well as the Muslim leader, who succeeded them. He was 27 when he became the Principal of the Church Missionary Society’s school in Kashmir in 1890 and he left as India gained independence in 1947. His vision was of a school in action, vigorously involved in the affairs and problems of the city of Srinagar, to support the weak and to fight corruption wherever it occurred. Under his leadership the masters and boys were engaged in fighting fires in the city, saving people from drowning, taking hospital patients for outings on the lakes, helping women and removing the ban on the remarriage of young widows. His avowed purpose was to make his students into honest, fearless leaders, who would serve their beloved country of Kashmir. The book begins with the medieval condition of Kashmir in the nineteenth century; describes the development of his unusual approach to education; explores the many challenges he had to overcome, including his chronic bad health, his difficulties with the CMS and the opposition of the Hindu establishment and State Government; and contrasts this with the speedy and enthusiastic acceptance by his young Kashmiri teachers and students of what he was offering and how together they transformed their society and prepared Kashmir for independence.

The missionary and the maharajas : cecil tyndale-biscoe and the making of modern kashmir, Tyndale Biscoe Hugh