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What did the transplants see as they looked over the rails of the ships landing them in India? Was their view tainted by what they had read or heard? Judging from these eight articles, it appears their vision was significantly colored by images from the press. Topics include the many meanings of the Black Hole of Calcutta, the view of Warren Hastings on the rhetoric of empire, the piety and power of Tipu Suntan's dreams, the rise of Arthur Wellesley from novice to hero at Assaye, the contributions of Maharaja Ranjit Singh to nineteenth-century sensibilities, the real story behind the thugs and William Sleeman, Rajput violence in the insurgency of the Indian Revolt of 1857 and 1858, and the question of Hindu nationalism as expressed in the life of Madan Mohan Malaviya. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)