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India and imperial vulnerability : knowledge, aesthetics and subjects in British discourses of disaster, 1763-1939 / Pramod K. Nayar
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nayar, Pramod K., Author.
- Series:
- Studies in Imperialism Series 217
- Studies in Imperialism Series ; v. 217
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disasters in literature.
- Imperialism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- This is a study of disasters - cyclones, earthquakes and famines - in British India, 1770-1934, through a reading of a vast archive of colonial texts.
- Contents:
- Front matter
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Writing disaster in colonial India
- Part I: Disaster knowledge cultures
- The making of climatological risk
- Disaster textual production
- Part II: Disaster aesthetics
- Unscenic nature
- Ruined matter
- Part III: Disaster subjects
- Disaster subjects
- Palliative imperial labour
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-7810-9
- 1-5261-7812-5
- OCLC:
- 1587898297
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