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.

Table des matières

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

A propos de l'auteur

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

Résumé

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. -- .

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Florence D'Souza, Florence D''souza
• Edition: Manchester University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781526148070
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4807-0
• Pages: 288
• Thème: Studies in Imperialism
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Epoque moderne jusqu'en 1918; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Sciences de la Terre > Géographie; Indischer Subkontinent, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia