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 | | Who Was Who in British India by John F. Riddick ISBN-10: 9780313292323 ISBN-10: 0-313-29232-9 ISBN-13: 9780313292323 ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29232-3 Hardcover 1998-07-30 Greenwood Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description With over 5,000 entries, this book provides information on the men and women who played a significant role in British India from 1583 to 1947. In addition to military and governmental leaders, the book includes entries on leaders in business, the church and missions, art and literature, and science and medicine. An effort has also been made to include the women who played an important role in India. The only other reference work on the subject, Buckland's Dictionary of Indian Biography, was published in 1906. This book updates that work, covering the last 40 years of the British Raj, and provides more balanced coverage of types of leaders. | ||
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Arrogance Creeps Into Too Many Entries While this highly detailed volume is valuable for its scope--some 5,000 entries--I found that the arrogance of the author crept into so many entries that the book is more misleading than informative. Therefore, use this book as a spelling guide, and ignore Riddick's constant characterizations of major and minor players in British India. Pity Riddick coiuld not have just given us the information on these personalities without the tawdry editorializing. | ||