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Author : Ian Copland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0521894360
A fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power.
Author : Pippa Virdee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108428118
Navigating nostalgia and trauma, dreams and laments, identity(s) and homeland(s), this book explores the partition of undivided Punjab.
Author : Judith Margaret Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780198205647
This text looks at the growth of vibrant, often new, national identities, movements and new nation-states that reshape the political map of the late 20th century world.
Author : Judith Brown,Wm Roger Louis
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 801 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1999-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191542398
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study allows us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginnings, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. Volume IV considers many aspects of the 'imperial experience' in the final years of the British Empire, culminating in the mid-century's rapid processes of decolonization. It seeks to understand the men who managed the empire, their priorities and vision, and the mechanisms of control and connection which held the empire together. There are chapters on imperial centres, on the geographical 'periphery' of empire, and on all its connecting mechanisms, including institutions and the flow of people, money, goods, and services. The volume also explores the experience of 'imperial subjects' - in terms of culture, politics, and economics; an experience which culminated in the growth of vibrant, often new, national identities and movements and, ultimately, new nation-states. It concludes with the processes of decolonization which reshaped the political map of the late twentieth-century world.
Author : Sandipto Dasgupta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781009525244
Theorizes the project of instituting a postcolonial order following decolonization, though an account of the Indian constitution.
Author : Waltraud Ernst,Biswamoy Pati
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134119882
This is an invaluable collection for scholars working on the princely states of India due to abundance of sources consulted and broad coverage of the subject It includes contributions by authors from Europe/UK, India and North America. Both editors are highly regarded and well reputed scholars. Most contributors are well known researchers in their field It will be of interest to scholarly community in Europe/UK, North America, Asia and Australia where Indian History and Politics is taught
Author : Piers Brendon
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 850 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307388414
A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greatest, most diverse empire the world had seen. Then, within a generation, the mighty structure collapsed, a rapid demise that left an array of dependencies and a contested legacy: at best a sporting spirit, a legal code and a near-universal language; at worst, failed states and internecine strife. The Decline and Fall of the British Empire covers a vast canvas, which Brendon fills with vivid particulars, from brief lives to telling anecdotes to comic episodes to symbolic moments.
Author : Ornit Shani
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107068032
Uncovers the greatest experiment in democratic history: the creation of the electoral roll and universal adult franchise in India.
Author : Douglas M. Peers,Nandini Gooptu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192513526
South Asian History has enjoyed a remarkable renaissance over the past thirty years. Its historians are not only producing new ways of thinking about the imperial impact and legacy on South Asia, but also helping to reshape the study of imperial history in general. The essays in this collection address a number of these important developments, delineating not only the complicated interplay between imperial rulers and their subjects in India, but also illuminating the economic, political, environmental, social, cultural, ideological, and intellectual contexts which informed, and were in turn informed by, these interactions. Particular attention is paid to a cluster of binary oppositions that have hitherto framed South Asian history, namely colonizer/colonized, imperialism/nationalism, and modernity/tradition, and how new analytical frameworks are emerging which enable us to think beyond the constraints imposed by these binaries. Closer attention to regional dynamics as well as to wider global forces has enriched our understanding of the history of South Asia within a wider imperial matrix. Previous impressions of all-powerful imperialism, with the capacity to reshape all before it, for good or ill, are rejected in favour of a much more nuanced image of imperialism in India that acknowledges the impact as well as the intentions of colonialism, but within a much more complicated historical landscape where other processes are at work.
Author : M. Bhagavan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137349835
India and the Quest for One World revolutionizes the history of human rights, with dramatic impact on some of the most contentious debates of our time, by capturing the exceptional efforts of Mahatma Gandhi and the Nehrus to counter the divisions of the Cold War with an uplifting new vision of justice built on the principle of "unity in diversity."
Author : Robin W. Winks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780198205661
This volume investigates the shape and the development of scholarly and popular opinion about the British Empire over the centuries.
Author : Robin Winks
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 757 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999-10-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191542411
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. From the founding of colonies in North America and the West Indies in the seventeenth century to the reversion of Hong Kong to China at the end of the twentieth, British imperialism was a catalyst for far-reaching change. The Oxford History of the British Empire as a comprehensive study helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the significance of the British Empire as a theme in world history. This fifth and final volume shows how opinions have changed dramatically over the generations about the nature, role, and value of imperialism generally, and the British Empire more specifically. The distinguished team of contributors discuss the many and diverse elements which have influenced writings on the Empire: the pressure of current events, access to primary sources, the creation of relevant university chairs, the rise of nationalism in former colonies, decolonization, and the Cold War. They demonstrate how the study of empire has evolved from a narrow focus on constitutional issues to a wide-ranging enquiry about international relations, the uses of power, and impacts and counterimpacts between settler groups and native peoples. The result is a thought-provoking cultural and intellectual inquiry into how we understand the past, and whether this understanding might affect the way we behave in the future.
Author : C. Kaul
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2006-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230205147
'The only true history of a country', wrote Thomas Macaulay, 'is to be found in its newspapers'. This book explores how the media shaped and defined the economic, social, political and cultural dynamics of the British Empire by viewing it from the perspective of the colonised as well as the colonisers.
Author : K. Moti Gokulsing,Wimal Dissanayake
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134023073
This book explores India’s rich popular culture and provides illuminating insights into various aspects of the social, cultural, economic and political realities of contemporary globalised India. It is essential reading for courses on Indian popular culture and a useful resource for more general courses in the field of cultural studies, media studies, history, literary studies and communication studies.
Author : Yasmin Khan
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300233643
A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan This new edition of Yasmin Khan’s reappraisal of the tumultuous India-Pakistan Partition features an introduction reflecting on the latest research and on ways in which commemoration of the Partition has changed, and considers the Partition in light of the current refugee crisis. Reviews of the first edition: “A riveting book on this terrible story.”—Economist “Unsparing. . . . Provocative and painful.”—Times (London) “Many histories of Partition focus solely on the elite policy makers. Yasmin Khan’s empathetic account gives a great insight into the hopes, dreams, and fears of the millions affected by it.”—Owen Bennett Jones, BBC