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A useful and readable introduction to the history of Friends involvement in India. The extent of their influence in so many spheres may surprise some readers. Quaker beliefs brought a different perspective to areas such as commerce (the first Friends-owned merchant ship to reach Calcutta in 1815 was 'armed' against the French with wooden, replica guns), journalism, education and politics. In covering the lives of these men and women (expatriate, Anglo-Indian and Indian), Sykes includes "missed opportunities and mis-steps", as well as the positives. | A useful and readable introduction to the history of Friends involvement in India. The extent of their influence in so many spheres may surprise some readers. Quaker beliefs brought a different perspective to areas such as commerce (the first Friends-owned merchant ship to reach Calcutta in 1815 was 'armed' against the French with wooden, replica guns), journalism, education and politics. In covering the lives of these men and women (expatriate, Anglo-Indian and Indian), Sykes includes "missed opportunities and mis-steps", as well as the positives. | ||
==Online Books== | |||
''The History of Christianity in India: from the Commencement of the Christian Era'' by James Hough | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=13YOAAAAQAAJ Volume 1], 1839 | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=rHMIAAAAQAAJ Volume 2], 1839 | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=4XMIAAAAQAAJ Volume 4], 1845 | |||
[http://books.google.com/books?id=KHcOAAAAQAAJ Volume 5], 1860 | |||
[[Category: Recommended reading]] | [[Category: Recommended reading]] | ||
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- Sykes, Marjorie
Quakers in India : a forgotten century. London: Allen & Unwin, 1980
A useful and readable introduction to the history of Friends involvement in India. The extent of their influence in so many spheres may surprise some readers. Quaker beliefs brought a different perspective to areas such as commerce (the first Friends-owned merchant ship to reach Calcutta in 1815 was 'armed' against the French with wooden, replica guns), journalism, education and politics. In covering the lives of these men and women (expatriate, Anglo-Indian and Indian), Sykes includes "missed opportunities and mis-steps", as well as the positives.
Online Books
The History of Christianity in India: from the Commencement of the Christian Era by James Hough Volume 1, 1839 Volume 2, 1839 Volume 4, 1845 Volume 5, 1860