Sleeman in Oudh: An Abridgement of W. H. Sleema. Reeves<|

Sleeman in OudhAn Abridgement of W. H. Sleeman's A Journey through the Kingdom of Oude in 184950\nAuthor(s): P. D. Reeves\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521153096, 978-0521153096\nSynopsis\nSubject to British interference from the mid-eighteenth century onwards, Oudh was finally annexed in 1856. The diary of W. H. Sleeman's three-month tour through the rural areas of the kingdom in [tel] was thus a timely record of the effects of the initial phases of British intervention in Oudh affairs and a valuable delineation of the social, economic and political background to the still more drastic changes which were to accompany direct British rule. No more detailed, accurate or unbiased account exists of conditions in pre-annexation Oudh, and the diary is thus a significant document for those who are interested in the history of rural society and government in Oudh and of the impact of British rule u.