Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics - The Bhadauria Rajputs Transition From Mughal to British India,

Informationen zum Autor Tripurdaman Singh is at St John's College, Cambridge. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Professor Sir Christopher Bayly. Klappentext Provides a radical re-orientation of the way we understand the nature of imperial sovereignty in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Zusammenfassung Using the relationship between the Bhadauria Rajputs and the Mughal! Maratha and British Empires as a prism to evaluate the constitution of sovereignty and the process of state formation! Singh demonstrates the enduring relevance of symbolism and ritual! and the continuing importance of local power networks to imperial projects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Note on transliterations; Glossary of commonly used Indian words; Introduction; 1. Integration into the Mughal system; 2. Decline of the Mughals, emergence of the Marathas; 3. The Maratha supremacy; 4. The rise of the company Bahadur and the British Raj; 5. The uprising, the bandit and Pax Britannica; Conclusion; Appendix I; Appendix II; Appendix III; Appendix IV; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Tripurdaman Singh
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9781108497435
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49743-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, HISTORY / Asia / South / General