The Germans in India
Elite European migrants in the British Empire
by Panikos Panayi, Andrew Thompson
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Based upon years of research in libraries and archives in England, Germany, India and Switzerland, this book offers a new interpretation of global migration from the early nineteenth until the early twentieth century. Rather than focusing upon the mass transatlantic migration or the movement of Britons towards British colonies, it examines the elite German migrants who made their way to India, especially missionaries, scholars and scientists, businessmen and travelers. The volume outlines the reasons for migration, in which networks played a central role, then moves on to examine the everyday lives of Germans in India. It tackles the concept of German community and outlines the interaction between Germans, Britons and Indians, which the First World War completely transformed. The history of the Germans in India needs contextualization against the background of nineteenth century globalization as a result of imperialism and the internationalization of German migrant identities. The story told here questions, for the first time, the concept of Europeans in India. Previous scholarship has tended to ignore any national variations in the presence of white people in India, viewing them either as part of a ruling elite or, more recently, white subalterns. The German elites undermine these conceptions. Developing into a distinct group before 1914, especially in the missionary compounds, the Government of India marginalised and expelled them during the First World War, when for the first time, many of them realised they had a distinct German national identity.
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Based upon years of research in libraries and archives in England, Germany, India and Switzerland, this book offers a new interpretation of global migration from the early nineteenth until the early twentieth century. Rather than focusing upon the mass transatlantic migration or the movement of Britons towards British colonies, it examines the elite German migrants who made their way to India, especially missionaries, scholars and scientists, businessmen and travelers. The volume outlines the reasons for migration, in which networks played a central role, then moves on to examine the everyday lives of Germans in India. It tackles the concept of German community and outlines the interaction between Germans, Britons and Indians, which the First World War completely transformed. The history of the Germans in India needs contextualization against the background of nineteenth century globalization as a result of imperialism and the internationalization of German migrant identities. The story told here questions, for the first time, the concept of Europeans in India. Previous scholarship has tended to ignore any national variations in the presence of white people in India, viewing them either as part of a ruling elite or, more recently, white subalterns. The German elites undermine these conceptions. Developing into a distinct group before 1914, especially in the missionary compounds, the Government of India marginalised and expelled them during the First World War, when for the first time, many of them realised they had a distinct German national identity.
Author Biography
Panikos Panayi is Reader in History at De Montfort University;
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date October 2017
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526119353 / 1526119358
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- Primary Price 96 GBP
- ReadershipGeneral/trade; College/higher education; Professional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesStudies in Imperialism
- Reference Code9629
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