Thomas Macaulay is most famous for having introduced the English language as a medium for learning in India, creating a class of westernized Indians who are sometimes derisively referred to as ‘Macaulay's children'. Was this an act of cultural imperialism or a modernizing move far before its time? This is the first biography of this vastly influential figure for the general reader, giving a vivid sense of a brilliant, eccentric, contradictory man and his complex times. Tracing Macaulay's fascinating journey, Zareer Masani allows the reader to glimpse into what it felt like to be at the centre of power in a global empire, ruling over hundreds of millions of Indian subjects and shaping the destiny of a subcontinent.
Product details
ASIN : 8184006586
Publisher : Vintage Books/ Random House India (10 November 2014)
Language : English
Paperback : 288 pages
ISBN-10 : 9788184006582
ISBN-13 : 978-8184006582
Item Weight : 290 g
Dimensions : 19.8 x 12.9 x 1.59 cm
Country of Origin : India
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