Indika. The Country And The People Of India And Ceylon

By John Fletcher Hurst

Book Overview

An intimate window onto nineteenth-century India and Ceylon. Curious, exact and quietly observant. Indika presents place and people with the straightforward authority of a travelling Victorian observer, readably framed as a british colonial travelogue and an exemplar of victorian nonfiction book craft. Its pages belong among vintage travel writing: brisk itineraries, close sensory detail and compact social sketches that convey how south asian cultures were encountered by European travellers during the age of nineteenth century exploration. The narrative offers moments of description, local custom and commercial life without scholarly abstraction, so it satisfies armchair travel collection readers who enjoy period atmosphere as well as study-minded readers who seek primary perspectives. Where modern scholarship supplies theory, this work supplies contemporaneous voice - a complement for courses and private libraries gathering materials on india and ceylon history. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. That restoration underlines the book's relevance for british empire studies and for those curating an oriental studies book shelf; it is equally useful as an academic research reference that supports comparative study across memoir, travelogue and administrative records. Collectors of classic travel literature and historians drawn to historical india ceylon will value the authentic period tone and documentary interest. This reissue is suited to public and university libraries assembling primary-source travel accounts, and to readers compiling an armchair dossier on colonial-era encounters. For investigators tracing shifts in perception and policy, the book yields a consistent contemporaneous viewpoint that enriches work in british empire studies and in explorations of south asian cultures. Clear, temperate and historically resonant, Indika belongs both on the shelf of vintage travel writing enthusiasts and in the reference collection of anyone exploring the culture and connections of South Asia in the nineteenth century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354212905
• ISBN13: 9789354212901
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 834 Pages
• Weight: 4.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 8.5" x 11.0"