India and the British Empire / edited by Douglas M. Peers and Nandini Gooptu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gooptu, Nandini.

Peers, Douglas M.

Series:

Oxford history of the British Empire companion series.

The Oxford history of the British Empire. Companion series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

India--Civilization--1765-1947.

India.

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

India--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essays by leading historians from around the world combine to create a timely and authoritative assessment of a number of the major themes in the history of modern South Asia.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. State, Power, and Colonialism; 3. The Indian Economy and the British Empire; 4. Knowledge Formation in Colonial India; 5. Colonialism and Social Identities in Flux: Class, Caste, and Religious Community; 6. Nationalisms in India; 7. Law, Authority, and Colonial Rule; 8. Networks of Knowledge: Science and Medicine in Early Colonial India, c.1750-1820; 9. Environment and Ecology Under British Rule; 10. The Material and Visual Culture of British India; 11. Literary Modernity in South Asia

12. Gendering of Public and Private Selves in Colonial Times13. The Desi Diaspora: Politics, Protest, and Nationalism; 14. The Political Legacy of Colonialism in South Asia; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 23, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-251352-4

1-299-95647-5

0-19-163209-0

OCLC:

859536722