Annexation and the Unhappy Valley - The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization

Annexation and the Unhappy Valley addresses the expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. The book focuses on colonial direct rule, rather than the more commonly studied indirect rule, of South Asia.

About the author

Matthew A. Cook, Ph.D (2007) in Sociocultural Anthropology, Columbia University, is Professor of South Asian and Postcolonial Studies at North Carolina Central University. His research focuses on the history and anthropology of South Asia, Sindh and colonialism. His previous publications include: Willoughby's Minute: Treaty of Nownahar, Fraud and British Sindh (Oxford University Press, 2013), Observing Sindh: Selected Reports of Edward Paterson Del Hoste (Oxford University Press, 2008), and, with Michel Boivin, Interpreting the Sindhi World: Essays on Society and History (Oxford University Press, 2010).

Product details

• Authors: Matthew A Cook, Matthew A. Cook
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2015
• EAN: 9789004293663
• ISBN: 978-90-04-29366-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 726 g
• Series: European Expansion and Indigen
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories