Memsahibs : British women in colonial India

By:

Nath, Ipshita

Publication details: Haryana Harper Collins Pub. 2022Description: xxxix,325pISBN:

9789356290082

DDC classification:

954.03 NAT

Contents:

Contents Acknowledgements xi Glossary of British-Indian Terms xiii Timeline of Memsahibs' Years in India xviii Prologue xxiii 1. "Days All Gold and Nights All Silver": Journey to the 'Land of the Open Door' 1 2. "My Ignorance of Most Things Useful Was a Disgrace": Becoming a Memsahib 33 3. "There Is No Solitude Like the Solitude of a Civilian's Lady": Nostalgia, Boredom, Marital Strife, and 'Going Native ' 69 4. "I Never Felt, or Indeed Was, So Dirty in My Life": Dacoits, Doolies, and Dak-Bungalows 99 5. "This Countree Veree Jungley, Mees Sahib!": Camping, Hunting, and the Great Outdoors 131 6. "Woe Is Me That I Sojourn in This Land of Pestilence": Dirt, Disease, and Doctorly Memsahibs 155 7. "The 'Simla Woman' Is Frivolous": Hills, Sunsets, and Scandals 177 8. Missie Babas and Baba Logs: The Junior Imperialists, Their Mothers, and Their Ayahs 201 9. "Naked and Bleeding, Insulted and Abused": The Indian Rebellion of 1857 225 10. "We Are Not Wanted in India": Going Back 'Home', or Staying On? 263 Epilogue 287 Select Bibliography 295 Index 307 About the Author 325

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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
Glossary of British-Indian Terms xiii
Timeline of Memsahibs' Years in India xviii
Prologue xxiii
1. "Days All Gold and Nights All Silver": Journey to the
'Land of the Open Door' 1
2. "My Ignorance of Most Things Useful Was a Disgrace":
Becoming a Memsahib 33
3. "There Is No Solitude Like the Solitude of a Civilian's
Lady": Nostalgia, Boredom, Marital Strife, and 'Going Native ' 69
4. "I Never Felt, or Indeed Was, So Dirty in My Life":
Dacoits, Doolies, and Dak-Bungalows 99
5. "This Countree Veree Jungley, Mees Sahib!": Camping, Hunting, and the Great Outdoors 131
6. "Woe Is Me That I Sojourn in This Land of Pestilence": Dirt, Disease, and Doctorly Memsahibs 155
7. "The 'Simla Woman' Is Frivolous": Hills, Sunsets, and Scandals 177
8. Missie Babas and Baba Logs: The Junior Imperialists, Their Mothers, and Their Ayahs 201
9. "Naked and Bleeding, Insulted and Abused": The Indian Rebellion of 1857 225
10. "We Are Not Wanted in India": Going Back 'Home', or Staying On? 263
Epilogue 287
Select Bibliography 295
Index 307
About the Author 325

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