Knowledge, Mediation and Empire - James Tod''s Journeys Among the Rajputs

Informationen zum Autor Florence D'Souza is Lecturer in Studies of the English-Speaking World at the University of Lille 3, France Klappentext Studies Tod's relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers. Zusammenfassung Studies Tod’s relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Tod as an observer of landscape in Rajasthan and Gujarat2. Tod as anthropologist: trying to understand3. Tod's practice of science in India: voyages through empirical common sense4. Tod's use of romanticism in his textual constructions of Rajasthan and Gujarat5. Tod's romantic approach as opposed to James Mill's utilitarian approach to British government in India6. Tod's knowledge exchanges with his contemporariesConclusionIndex

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• Authors: &apos, D&apos, Florence D'Souza, Florence D''souza, Florence souza
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9780719090806
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-9080-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism Mup; Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Indischer Subkontinent, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia