Empire Building - The Construction of British India, 1690–1860

An exploration of the international context for Ambedkar's ideas around caste, law, religion, democracy and race, as developed while studying in the imperial capital.

About the author

Rosie Llewellyn-Jones PhD holds a degree in Urdu from SOAS University of London. A renowned historian of colonial India, she is Editor of Chowkidar, the journal of the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia. Her books include 'The Last King in India', also published by Hurst, and 'Lucknow 1857'. 

Summary

A richly illustrated history showing how the British Empire used buildings in early colonial India to influence attitudes among those who saw and used them.

Product details

• Authors: Rosie Llewellyn-Jones, Llewellyn-Jones Rosie
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.01.2023
• EAN: 9781787388048
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-804-8
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; India, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Architecture, Colonialism and imperialism, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), HISTORY / Asia / South / India