Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. PREFACE vii
4. CONTRIBUTORS ix
5. CHRONOLOGY OF JOHN STUART MILL'S EAST INDIA COMPANY CAREER xi
6. Introduction 1
7. Eric Stokes, British Utilitarianism, and India 18
8. The Tree of Utility in India: Panace or Weed? 34
9. James Mill's The History of British India: A Reevaluation 53
10. John Stuart Mill's Draft Despatches to India and the Problem of Bureaucratic Authorship 72
11. John Stuart Mill and Royal India 87
12. India, J.S. Mill, and 'Western' Culture 111
13. Golden Casket or Pebbles and Trash? J.S. Mill and the Anglicist/Orientalist Controversy 149
14. John Stuart Mill, Religion, and Law in the Examiner's Office 173
15. Imperial Epitaph: John Stuart Mill's Defence of the East India Company 198
16. John Stuart Mill and India 221