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You might like to look up Charles Allen in Google. He came from an Anglo-Indian family that served in Cawnpore and he has an impressive list of titles. One I like is "Plain Tales from the Raj" in which people recount their experiences of service in India up to 1947. There is also Lawrence James, "Raj, the making and unmaking of British India". Best wishes Tim ___________ Tim Connell Professor Emeritus City University ___________ 07754 48 46 52 ________________________________________ From: Dr Alan N Cowan <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 16 April 2014 1:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Books on British India Books on the Raj seem to be concerned only with battles (e.g. Moon's book The Conquest and Dominion of India). I have been looking for a "social" history of the period: the life of the people; the British development of railways, roads, irrigation, health services and the rule of law; the growth of Indian industries and political movements etc. Any suggestions would be welcome. My other query is about the source of power for the printing presses when RK was a young journalist e.g. his description of the printing room in The Man Who Would Be King. My reading indicates that kerosene (paraffin) was widely used for steam generation at this time, but coal of course would have been available wherever the railways reached. There certainly wouldn't have been electric power. Can anyone shed light on this matter?