Civil Service Rules: (Post)Colonial Memoir and the Raj Revival, 1970–1985

• Published in: Literature and history Vol. 33; no. 1; pp. 16 - 36
• Main Author: Goodman, Sam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.05.2024
• Subjects: postcolonial; post-imperial; British Empire; Raj Revival

In the 1970s, the India Office Archive within the British Library began inviting the last generation of the Indian Civil Service and Indian Political Service to commit their experiences to written record. Running until the mid-1980s and eventually producing 135 manuscript memoirs, this archive offer...