The Eighteenth Century in India
Title | The Eighteenth Century in India PDF eBook |
Author | Seema Alavi |
Publisher | OUP India |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 2007-09-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780195692013 |
Part of the prestigious Debates in Indian History and Society series, this volume presents the key argument of the debates, along with a selection of writings that made pioneering interventions in the study of the 18th century in Indian history.
The Eighteenth Century in India
Title | The Eighteenth Century in India PDF eBook |
Author | Seema Alavi |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
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This Book Will Make A Useful Companion For Historians Of Late Medieval And Modern India, Economists, Sociologists, And The Informed General Reader.
Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth-Century India
Title | Ideology and Empire in Eighteenth-Century India PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Travers |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 16 |
Release | 2007-04-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1139464167 |
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 acting as an Indian ruler. Responding to a prolonged crisis of imperial legitimacy, British officials in Bengal tried to build their authority on the basis of an 'ancient constitution', supposedly discovered among the remnants of the declining Mughal Empire. In the search for an indigenous constitution, British political concepts were redeployed and redefined on the Indian frontier of empire, while stereotypes about 'oriental despotism' were challenged by the encounter with sophisticated Indian state forms. This highly original book uncovers a forgotten style of imperial state-building based on constitutional restoration, and in the process opens up new points of connection between British, imperial and South Asian history.
The Eighteenth Century in Indian History
Title | The Eighteenth Century in Indian History PDF eBook |
Author | Peter James Marshall |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 478 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
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This book presents, in a single volume, a selection of the most important interpretations in current times, exploring and reassessing the nature and pace of change in India in the eighteenth century. A distinguished roster of contributors and a comprehensive collection of essays makes this book a must-read for historians, political analysts, students and non-specialist readers interested in the period.
The Artisans in 18th Century Eastern India, a History of Survival
Title | The Artisans in 18th Century Eastern India, a History of Survival PDF eBook |
Author | Vipul Singh |
Publisher | Concept Publishing Company |
Total Pages | 140 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9788180692352 |
With special reference to the social and economic conditions in Patna District.
Indian Society in the Eighteenth Century
Title | Indian Society in the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | V. P. S. Raghuvanshi |
Publisher | New Delhi : Associated Publishing House |
Total Pages | 396 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN |
Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age
Title | Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age PDF eBook |
Author | Susan Bayly |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 448 |
Release | 2001-02-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780521798426 |
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 period to the end of the twentieth century. Using an historical and anthropological approach, she frames her analysis within the context of India's dynamic economic and social order, interpreting caste not as an essence of Indian culture and civilization, but rather as a contingent and variable response to the changes that occurred in the subcontinent's political landscape through the colonial conquest. The idea of caste in relation to Western and Indian 'orientalist' thought is also explored.