Format:
Online-Ressource (325 p.)
ISBN:
9780521267274
Series Statement:
The New Cambridge History of India
Content:
This is a fascinating portrait of the princes of India from their pre-colonial origins to their decline after 1947. Frequently caricatured as British stooges, Ramusack argues that the princes were not a British creation. Many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable autonomy until the distintegration of the princely states
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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COVER; HALF-TITLE; SERIES-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: INDIAN PRINCES AND BRITISH IMPERIALISM; CHAPTER 2 PRINCELY STATES PRIOR TO 1800; CHAPTER 3 THE BRITISH CONSTRUCTION OF INDIRECT RULE; CHAPTER 4 THE THEORY AND EXPERIENCE OF INDIRECT RULE IN COLONIAL INDIA; CHAPTER 5 PRINCES AS MEN, WOMEN, RULERS, PATRONS, AND ORIENTAL STEREOTYPES; CHAPTER 6 PRINCELY STATES: ADMINISTRATIVE AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES; CHAPTER 7 PRINCELY STATES: SOCIETY AND POLITICS; CHAPTER 8 FEDERATION OR INTEGRATION?
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EPILOGUEBIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY; GLOSSARY; INDEX;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511165016
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521267274
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Indian Princes and their States
Language:
English
Keywords:
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