Archives of Empire

Abstract

This excerpt from one of the numerous original documents reproduced in the Archives of Empire lends it a certain flavour and an importance making it one of the most significant interventions in South Asian Studies in recent times. Harlow and Carter seek to convey a certain sense of History by carefully selecting original documents and extracts from novels by those Britishers who often had a first-hand experience of the East, particularly the Indian subcontinent. In their selection of documents and extracts from these novels, Harlow and Carter lend a certain teleology to the book as they subscribe to certain themes which would otherwise impart a certain time-span and chronology to the work.