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23 produkter
The Politics of India since Independence
Av Paul R. Brass, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 1994
720 kr
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The Politics of India since Independence provides a comprehensive study of the major political, cultural, and economic changes in India since gaining independence. Paul Brass focuses on the consequences of the centralising drives of the national leadership to create a strong, unified nation, and a …
Tributary Empires in Global History
Av Peter Fibiger Bang, C. A. Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
1461 kr
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A pioneering volume comparing the great historical empires, such as the Roman, Mughal and Ottoman. Leading interdisciplinary thinkers study tributary empires from diverse perspectives, illuminating the importance of these earlier forms of imperialism to broaden our perspective on modern concerns …
The Portuguese in India
Av M. N. Pearson, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
435 kr
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The Portuguese were the first European imperial power in Asia. Dr Pearson's volume of their history is a clear account of their activities in India and the Indian Ocean from the sixteenth century onwards written squarely from an Indian point of view. Laying particular stress on social, economic and …
Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991
Av Sumit Guha, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
838 kr
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Drawing on a rich collection of sources, Sumit Guha's 1999 book reconstructs the history of the forest communities in western India to explore questions of tribal identity and the environment. In so doing, he demonstrates how the ideology of indigenous cultures, developed out of the notion of a …
Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
Av Tirthankar Roy, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
921 kr
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The majority of workers in South Asia are employed in industries that rely on manual labour and craft skills. Some of these industries have existed for centuries and survived great changes in consumption and technology over the last 150 years. In earlier studies, historians of the region focused on …
The Transition to a Colonial Economy
Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800
Av Prasannan Parthasarathi, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
754 kr
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According to widespread belief, poverty and low standards of living have been characteristic of India for centuries. Challenging this view, Prasannan Parthasarathi demonstrates that, until the late eighteenth century, labouring groups in South India, those at the bottom of the social order, were in …
Peasant Labour and Colonial Capital
Rural Bengal since 1770
Av Sugata Bose, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
435 kr
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This book is a critical work of synthesis and interpretation on one of the central themes in modern Indian history - agrarian change under British colonial rule. Sugata Bose analyses the relationships between demography, commercialization, class structure and peasant resistance unfolding over the …
Women and Labour in Late Colonial India
The Bengal Jute Industry
Av Samita Sen, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
902 kr
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Samita Sen's history of labouring women in Calcutta in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries considers how social constructions of gender shaped their lives. Dr Sen demonstrates how - in contrast to the experience of their male counterparts - the long-term trends in the Indian economy …
Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
Av Susan Bayly, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1928 kr
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The phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life and thought. Susan Bayly's cogent and sophisticated analysis explores the emergence of the ideas, experiences and practices which gave rise to the so-called 'caste society' from the pre-colonial …
Ideologies of the Raj
Av Thomas R. Metcalf, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1403 kr
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Ideologies of the Raj examines how the British sought to justify their rule over India. The author argues that two divergent strategies were devised to legitimate their authority: the one defined characteristics which the Indians shared with the British themselves, while the other emphasised …
Mughal and Rajput Painting
Av Milo Cleveland Beach, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1677 kr
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The Mughals - descendants of Timur and Genghiz Khan with strong cultural ties to the Persian world - seized political power in north India in 1526 and became the most important artistically active Muslim dynasty on the subcontinent. In this richly illustrated book, Dr Milo Beach shows how, between …
The Politics of the Urban Poor in Early Twentieth-Century India
Av Nandini Gooptu, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Inbunden, 2001
2130 kr
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Nandini Gooptu's magisterial 2001 history of the labouring poor in India represents a tour-de-force. By focusing on the role of the poor in caste, religious and nationalistic politics, and on their contribution to the urban economy, the author demonstrates how they emerged as a major social factor …
Empire and Information
Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India, 1780-1870
Av C. A. Bayly, Christopher Alan Bayly
Inbunden, 1997
1928 kr
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In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. He also examines the social and intellectual origins of these …
The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947
Av Ian Copland, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Inbunden, 1997
2029 kr
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Ian Copland's comprehensive and fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes, the maharajas and nawabs of South Asia, in the devolution of British colonial power is long overdue. By rehabilitating the princes as subjects of serious historical study, the author demonstrates that, far …
Ideologies of the Raj
Av Thomas R. Metcalf, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
435 kr
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Ideologies of the Raj examines how the British sought to justify their rule over India. The author argues that two divergent strategies were devised to legitimate their authority: the one defined characteristics which the Indians shared with the British themselves, while the other emphasised …
The Politics of the Urban Poor in Early Twentieth-Century India
Av Nandini Gooptu, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
705 kr
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Nandini Gooptu's magisterial 2001 history of the labouring poor in India represents a tour-de-force. By focusing on the role of the poor in caste, religious and nationalistic politics, and on their contribution to the urban economy, the author demonstrates how they emerged as a major social factor …
The New Cambridge History of India
Vijayanagara
Av Burton Stein, Christopher Alan Bayly
Häftad, 2005
754 kr
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The Vijayanagara rajas ruled a substantial part of the southern peninsula of India for over three hundred years, beginning in the mid-fourteenth century, and during this epoch the region was transformed from its medieval past towards a modern colonial future. Concentrating on the later sixteenth- …
The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947
Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama
Av Claude Markovits, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1693 kr
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Claude Markovits tells the story of two groups of Hindu merchants from the towns of Shikarpur and Hyderabad in the province of Sind. Basing his account on previously neglected archival sources, the author charts the development of these communities, from the pre-colonial period through colonial …
The Sikhs of the Punjab
Av J. S. Grewal, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
508 kr
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In a revised edition of his original book, J. S. Grewal brings the history of the Sikhs from its beginnings in the time of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, right up to the present day. Against the background of the history of the Punjab, the volume surveys the changing pattern of human …
Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991
Av Sumit Guha, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
1912 kr
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Drawing on a rich collection of sources, Sumit Guha's 1999 book reconstructs the history of the forest communities in western India to explore questions of tribal identity and the environment. In so doing, he demonstrates how the ideology of indigenous cultures, developed out of the notion of a …
Women in Modern India
Av Geraldine Forbes, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 1999
459 kr
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In a compelling study of Indian women, Geraldine Forbes considers their recent history from the nineteenth century under colonial rule to the twentieth century after Independence. She begins with the reform movement, established by men to educate women, and demonstrates how education changed …
Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
Av Susan Bayly, Gordon Johnson m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
586 kr
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The phenomenon of caste has probably aroused more controversy than any other aspect of Indian life and thought. Susan Bayly's cogent and sophisticated analysis explores the emergence of the ideas, experiences and practices which gave rise to the so-called 'caste society' from the pre-colonial …
The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947
Av Ian Copland, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
435 kr
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Ian Copland's comprehensive and fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes, the maharajas and nawabs of South Asia, in the devolution of British colonial power is long overdue. By rehabilitating the princes as subjects of serious historical study, the author demonstrates that, far …
