Rikki-Tikki-Tavi | Historical Context
British Imperialism in the Late Nineteenth Century
When ‘‘Rikki-Tikki-Tavi’’ was first published as part of the second volume of Kipling’s Jungle Book in 1895, Great Britain commanded the most powerful empire the world had ever seen. The Indian subcontinent was one important part of the empire, which thousands of ‘‘Anglo-Indians,’’ like Kipling himself, called home. The form of imperialism during Kipling’s time was characterized by forceful imposition of British government and British culture upon the natives of a region. But imperialism was not...
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