Formation of the Colonial State in India - Scribes, Paper and Taxes, 1760-1860

List of contents

Introduction

1. Revenue administration and scribal skills in late Mughal India, c.1650-1750


2. The scribal families of Hindustan


3. Revenue and state-formation in the Doab, c.1780-1840


4. ‘Accounting for every grain’: the origins of the colonial archive in north India


5. Kayasthas, ‘caste’ and administration under the Raj, c.1860-1900

Conclusion

About the author

Hayden J. Bellenoit is Associate Professor of History at the US Naval Academy, USA. He is the author of Missionary Education and Empire in late Colonial India, 1860-1920 (2007) and has published in journals such as Modern Asian Studies and South Asian History and Culture. He holds a DPhil in modern history from Oxford University, UK.

Summary

This book offers a new way of investigating the colonial state’s origins in north India. It examines how the formation of early agrarian revenue settlements exacerbated an extant late Mughal taxation tradition, and how the success of British power was shaped by this extant paper-oriented revenue culture.

Product details

• Authors: Hayden J. Bellenoit, Hayden J. (Us Naval Academy Bellenoit
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781138347571
• ISBN: 978-1-138-34757-1
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian History; Routledge Studies in South Asian History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, India, Politics & government, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Politics and government, Asian History, History and Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General