The Impeachment of the First Governor General of India
Warren Hastings, Parliament and Justice
The Impeachment of the First Governor General of India
Warren Hastings, Parliament and Justice
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The trial of Warren Hastings, former governor general of Bengal, was a seminal moment in late-18th century politics. This collection re-examines this notorious impeachment, in which Hastings was accused of a variety of abuses against the local population, to offer insights into British and Indian attitudes to law, governance and colonization during British imperial rule.
Showing how Hastings attracted both spirited support and passionate opponents, The Great Impeachment highlights the various contemporary responses to his trial, and traces how interest and popular opinion waxed and waned over time. Also exploring the wider repercussions of the trial, from its impact on the failed East India Bill and how it reflected on colonial governance, to its depiction in and contribution to popular culture and literature, this book delves into new aspects of this seminal moment in 18th century politics to offer a more complete account of the trial and its outcomes, and put forth fresh perspectives on law, governance and empire in colonial India.
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Robin Eagles and Chris Monaghan
1. Holding nabobs to account: Robert Clive, precursor to Hastings, David Prior
2. The Fall of the Fox-North Coalition and Warren Hastings as Collateral Damage, Chris Monaghan
3. Hastings and Corruption, Mark Knights
4. Novorum Hominum Industriam Odisti: Edmund Burke, Cicero, and the Classical Prosecution Of Warren Hastings, Ioannes P. Chountis de Fabbri
5. Ciceronian Beasts and Indian Animals in Edmund Burke's Dehumanised Portraits of Warren Hastings, Chiara Rolli
6. Passive Injustice and Political Responsibility: Reading Burke's Impeachment Speeches with Judith Shklar, Ross Carroll
7. The 'Begums' Speeches of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Warren Hastings and Print Culture, Martyn Powell
8. 'The principles of honor,' and the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, Satvinder Juss
9. 'High Crimes and Misdemeanours' of the 'Stone Eater': the Warren Hastings Affair, the Foxites, & Visual Culture, Callum D. Smith
10. 'Mere rant and declamation': John Wilkes' defence of Warren Hastings, May 1787, Robin Eagles
11. Frances Burney's account of the trial of Warren Hastings, Lorna Clark
12. 'Such a man': Jane Austen and Warren Hastings, Jocelyn Harris
13. The Use and Abuse of history: Orientalist Scholarship and the Impeachment Trial of Warren Hastings, Jessica Patterson
14. The Cause of the Great Trial: Writing (and Ignoring) the Hastings Impeachment in Indo-Persian Historiography, Nicholas Abbott
15. Warren Hastings and the Discourse of the 'Colonial' in the Impeachment Trial: Law, Power, and British Rule in India, Mithi Mukherjee
16. Impeachment revisited: political accountability in the Trump era, Clodagh Harrington and Alex Waddan
Afterword, Jayanta Sengupta
Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350551916 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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