Serving empire, serving nation : James Tod and the Rajputs of Rajasthan / by Jason Freitag.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freitag, Jason.

Series:

European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 5.

European expansion and indigenous response, 1873-8974 ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tod, James, 1782-1835. Annals and antiquities of Rajasthan.

Tod, James.

Rajput (Indic people)--History.

Rajput (Indic people).

Rajput (Indic people)--Historiography.

Rajasthan (India)--History.

Rajasthan (India).

Rajasthan (India)--Historiography.

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.

India.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan was crucial in forming the modern image of the Rājpūt, a princely “martial” caste resident in India’s northwest desert. This book explores the relationships between the political power of the British imperial state, the construction of historical memories in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the uses of these constructions by European writers and Indian nationalist elites. The case of the Rajputs demonstrates how imperial histories reflected Indian social processes and pre-colonial forms of knowledge, interpreted India for the world outside and for Indians themselves. This book explores the multiple discourses within Tod’s Rajasthan, and European Orientalism, to show how intricately coded the British Empire was and, historically, remains.

Contents:

Preliminary Materials / J. Freitag

Introduction / J. Freitag

Chapter 1. Context / J. Freitag

Chapter 2. Biography / J. Freitag

Chapter 3. Restoration / J. Freitag

Chapter 4. Protection / J. Freitag

Chapter 5. Interpretation / J. Freitag

Chapter 6. Valuation / J. Freitag

Chapter 7. Reconstruction / J. Freitag

Conclusion / J. Freitag

Appendix 1. Tod’S Publications / J. Freitag

Appendix 2. Tod’S Donations To Royal Asiatic Society / J. Freitag

Appendix 3. Text Of 1818 Kaulnama / J. Freitag

Glossary Of Indian Terms / J. Freitag

Bibliography / J. Freitag

Index / J. Freitag.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60297-7

9786612602979

90-474-2938-9

OCLC:

593295869

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004175945.i-230 DOI