Uncover the intertwined colonial imagination of 19th-century India and London with John Marriott’s seminal work. This book offers a comparative analysis of how British observers constructed perceptions of India and its people, alongside urban poverty in Britain, linking them through discourses of progress and rigid racial hierarchies. Delve into cultural and intellectual histories that reshaped the understanding of India within the imperial project. Essential reading for students and scholars of colonial India, British Empire history, social history, and comparative cultural studies.