UID:
(DE-602)gbv_1672289122
Format:
xiii, 351 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:
9780190070670
Content:
"An unprecedented exploration of the relationship between the Mughal emperor and his subjects in the space of the Mughal empire's capital, The King and the People overturns an axiomatic assumption in the history of premodern South Asia: that the urban masses were merely passive objects of rule and remained unable to express collective political aspirations until the coming of colonialism. Set in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (Delhi) from its founding to Nadir Shah's devastating invasion of 1739, this book instead shows how the trends and events in the second half of the seventeenth century inadvertently set the stage for the emergence of the people as actors in a regime which saw them only as the ruled"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190070694
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Kaicker, Abishek The king and the people New York : Oxford University Press, 2020
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Kaicker, Abhishek The king and the people New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780190070700
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190070694
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Kaicker, Abhishek The king and the people New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2020 ISBN 9780190070687
Language:
English
Keywords:
Mogulreich
;
Delhi
;
Geschichte 1639-1737