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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 …
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 …
Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth-Century India
The British in Bengal
Häftad, 2007
586 kr
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Robert Travers' analysis of British conquests in late eighteenth-century India shows how new ideas were formulated about the construction of empire. After the British East India Company conquered the vast province of Bengal, Britons confronted the apparent anomaly of a European trading company …
The Global World of Indian Merchants, 1750-1947
Traders of Sind from Bukhara to Panama
Häftad, 2008
838 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 …
Colonial Justice in British India
White Violence and the Rule of Law
Inbunden, 2009
1677 kr
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Colonial Justice in British India describes and examines the lesser-known history of white violence in colonial India. By foregrounding crimes committed by a mostly forgotten cast of European characters - planters, paupers, soldiers and sailors - Elizabeth Kolsky argues that violence was not an …
Hindu Nationalism and the Language of Politics in Late Colonial India
Häftad, 2010
672 kr
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In this book William Gould explores what is arguably one of the most important and controversial themes in twentieth-century Indian history and politics: the nature of Hindu nationalism as an ideology and political language. Rather than concentrating on the main institutions of the Hindu Right in …
The Spoils of Partition
Bengal and India, 1947-1967
Häftad, 2011
754 kr
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The partition of India in 1947 was a seminal event of the twentieth century. Much has been written about the Punjab and the creation of West Pakistan; by contrast, little is known about the partition of Bengal. This remarkable book by an acknowledged expert on the subject assesses the social, …
Small Town Capitalism in Western India
Artisans, Merchants, and the Making of the Informal Economy, 1870-1960
Inbunden, 2012
1844 kr
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This book charts the history of artisan production and marketing in the Bombay Presidency from 1870 to 1960. While the textile mills of western India's biggest cities have been the subject of many rich studies, the role of artisan producers located in the region's small towns have been virtually …
Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India
Av Daud Ali
Häftad, 2011
435 kr
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Scholars have long studied classical Sanskrit culture in almost total isolation from its courtly context. This book focuses exclusively on the royal court as a social and cultural institution. Using both literary and inscriptional sources, it begins with the rise and spread of royal households and …
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 …
Women and Labour in Late Colonial India
The Bengal Jute Industry
Av Samita Sen
Inbunden, 1999
1677 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 …
Hindu Kingship and Polity in Precolonial India
Inbunden, 2002
1291 kr
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Through the analysis of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century texts on the Hindu Kingdom of Kota in Rajasthan, in this 2003 book Norbert Peabody explores the ways in which historical consciousness, or memory, is culturally constructed and how this consciousness informs social experience. By …
The Transition to a Colonial Economy
Weavers, Merchants and Kings in South India, 1720-1800
Inbunden, 2001
1626 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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
Traditional Industry in the Economy of Colonial India
Inbunden, 1999
1677 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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 …
Empire and Information
Intelligence Gathering and Social Communication in India, 1780-1870
Av C. A. Bayly
Häftad, 2000
838 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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 …
Sex and the Family in Colonial India
The Making of Empire
Av Durba Ghosh
Häftad, 2008
485 kr
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In the early years of the British empire, cohabitation between Indian women and British men was commonplace and to some degree tolerated. However, as Durba Ghosh argues in a challenge to the existing historiography, anxieties about social status, appropriate sexuality, and the question of who could …
Courtly Culture and Political Life in Early Medieval India
Av Daud Ali
Inbunden, 2004
1677 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Scholars have long studied classical Sanskrit culture in almost total isolation from its courtly context. This book focuses exclusively on the royal court as a social and cultural institution. Using both literary and inscriptional sources, it begins with the rise and spread of royal households and …
Hindu Nationalism and the Language of Politics in Late Colonial India
Inbunden, 2004
1481 kr
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In this book William Gould explores what is arguably one of the most important and controversial themes in twentieth-century Indian history and politics: the nature of Hindu nationalism as an ideology and political language. Rather than concentrating on the main institutions of the Hindu Right in …
Warrior Ascetics and Indian Empires
Inbunden, 2006
1677 kr
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Many people assume, largely because of Gandhi's legacy, that Hinduism is a religion of non-violence. In this 2006 book William R. Pinch shows just how wrong this assumption is. Using the life of Anupgiri Gosain, a Hindu ascetic who lived at the end of the eighteenth century, he demonstrates that …
Sex and the Family in Colonial India
The Making of Empire
Av Durba Ghosh
Inbunden, 2006
1391 kr
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In the early years of the British empire, cohabitation between Indian women and British men was commonplace and to some degree tolerated. However, as Durba Ghosh argues in a challenge to the existing historiography, anxieties about social status, appropriate sexuality, and the question of who could …
Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth-Century India
The British in Bengal
Inbunden, 2007
1677 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Robert Travers' analysis of British conquests in late eighteenth-century India shows how new ideas were formulated about the construction of empire. After the British East India Company conquered the vast province of Bengal, Britons confronted the apparent anomaly of a European trading company …
The Spoils of Partition
Bengal and India, 1947-1967
Inbunden, 2007
1861 kr
Lägg i varukorg
The partition of India in 1947 was a seminal event of the twentieth century. Much has been written about the Punjab and the creation of West Pakistan; by contrast, little is known about the partition of Bengal. This remarkable book by an acknowledged expert on the subject assesses the social, …
The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947
Av Ian Copland, Christopher Alan Bayly m. fl.
Häftad, 2002
435 kr
Lägg i varukorg
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 …
