HIST-UA 651 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Extraterritoriality, Civil Service Retirement System, Guangxu Emperor
2 Sep 2016
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After 1858, parliament set up a system of colonial rule in india. The british built roads and an impressive railroad network. The british flooded india with machine-made textiles, ruining india"s once-prosperous hand-weaving industry. Better health care and increased food production led to rapid population growth. British rule brought peace and order to the countryside: upper-class indians sent their sons to british schools. During the age of imperialism, indians and british developed different views of each other"s culture. British power and technology and urged india achievements and dismissed indian culture to follow a western model of progress. with contempt. Other indians felt the answer to change lay. A few british admired indian theology and with their own hindu or muslim cultures. philosophy and respected india"s ancient heritage. The british believed that western-educated indians would form an elite class which would bolster british rule. As it turned out, exposure to european ideas had the opposite effect.
