Selected Writings of A.O. Hume
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2004
- Category
- India & South Asia
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780195658965
- Publish Date
- Jun 2004
- List Price
- $99.00
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This is the first volume of the selected writings of Allan Octavian Hume, the founder of the Indian National Congress. It focuses on Hume's years in district administration in what was then the North Western Provinces. What lends special interest to this early phase of his life was that some eleven years of it were spent continuously in one district, Etawah. From these documents Hume emerges as a committed reformer in the British liberal utilitarian mode, but one who was very sensitive to local Indian opinion.
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Contributor Notes
Edward C. Moulton is a Professor of History, University of Manitoba. Santosh Mehrotra is Senior Development Economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.