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Informationen zum Autor MARSHALL, P J Klappentext This book presents, in a single volume, a selection of the most important interpretations in current times, exploring and reassessing the nature and pace of change in India in the eighteenth century. A distinguished roster of contributors and a comprehensive collection of essays makes this book a must-read for historians, political analysts, students and non-specialist readers interested in the period. Zusammenfassung Provides a key to rethinking some of the questions related to the 18th century. The Telegraph this volume is a commendable attempt to bring out essential aspects [of eighteenth century] --The Statesman ... useful compilation of the material on the political and economic history of India in the eighteenth century --The Book ReviewThe eighteenth century the era of the fall of the Mughals, the rise of regional successor states, and the beginnings of British domination has been a topic of intense academic debate. Can these events be understood as revolutionary, involving the fall of a great Asian imperial system and the emergence of British colonial rule with entirely different priorities? Or, were there underlying continuities between the Mughals, their Indian successors, and the early British, which produced a more evolutionary pattern of change?This volume pulls together some of the best essays on a subject with a wide-ranging introduction and exhausti ve bibliography. Part of the prestigious Themes in Indian History series, it will be useful for teachers, researchers, and students of Mughal and Modern Indian history, economic history, and those interested in the establishment of colonial rule in South Asia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1: General Assessments of the Eighteenth Century The Problem of the Eighteenth Century Eighteenth-century India: Another View Recent Theories of Eighteenth-century India The Eighteenth Century in Indian Economic History Part II: The Post-Mughal Order Political Systems in Eighteenth-century India: The Banaras Region The Rise of the Corporations Eastern India in the Early Eighteenth-century 'Crisis': Some Evidence from Bihar The South Indian State and the Creation of Muslim Community Kinship and Pargana in Eighteenth-century Khandesh Assertion Being Jangli:The Politics of Wildness Tributary State Part III: The European Intrusion Introduction: The Twilight of Mughal Bengal Prospective: Aristocracy, Finance and Empire, 1688-1850 Part IV: The New British Order The Agrarian Economy and the Dynamics of Commercial Transactions Notes on Contributors ...
