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

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.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Tod as an observer of landscape in Rajasthan and Gujarat
2. Tod as anthropologist: trying to understand
3. Tod's practice of science in India: voyages through empirical common sense
4. Tod's use of romanticism in his textual constructions of Rajasthan and Gujarat
5. Tod's romantic approach as opposed to James Mill's utilitarian approach to British government in India
6. Tod's knowledge exchanges with his contemporaries
Conclusion
Index

About the author

Florence D’Souza is Lecturer in Studies of the English-Speaking World at the University of Lille 3, France

Summary

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. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Florence D'Souza, Florence D''souza, D'Souza Florence
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781526148070
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4807-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Studies in Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Indischer Subkontinent, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, India, c 1800 to c 1900, Geographical discovery & exploration, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, Geographical discovery and exploration, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850, HISTORY / Asia / South / General