Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
4. NOTE ON HINDUISM ix
5. ABBREVIATIONS x
6. Map of India xii
7. INTRODUCTION 1
8. One A CHRISTIAN COMPANY ? 7
9. Two THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, BRITA IN AND INDIA: 1770–1790 18
10. Three THE 1790s: A TIME OF CRISIS 34
11. Four THE PILLAR OF FIRE MOVES FORWARD: THE ADVENT OF BRITISH MISSIONAR IES 1793–1806 52
12. Five THE WISDOM OF THE SERPENT AND THE INNOCENCE OF THE DOVE: THE VELLORE MUTINY AND THE PAMPHLET WAR 1806–1808 70
13. Six TRO UBLED YEARS 1807–1812 90
14. Seven BATTLE LINES DRAWN: MISSIONS, DISSENT AND THE ESTA BLISHMENT 110
15. Eight THE 1813 RENEWAL OF THE COMPANY’S CHARTER : THE RELIGIOUS PUBLIC TAKES ON THE COMPANY 130
16. Nine A TURBULENT FRONT IER: THE COMPANY AND RELIGION 1814–1828 151
17. Ten A NEW DA WN? THE ERA OF LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK 1828–1835 183
18. Eleven BETWEEN SCYLLA AND CHARIBDIS 1836–1858 206
19. CONCLUSION AND EPILO GUE: STRANGERS IN THE LAND 237
20. Appendix 1 PRESIDENTS OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL 245
21. Appendix 2 GOVERNORS-GENERAL 1786–1858 246
22. Appendix 3 AIDE MEMOIRE TO NAMES 248
23. Appendix 4 ‘THE PIOUS CLAUSE’: EAST INDIA COMPANY CHARTER 53 G.III, c.155 250
24. BIBLIOGRAPHY 251
25. INDEX 261