Princely India re-imagined a historical anthropology of Mysore from 1799 to the present
India's Princely States covered nearly 40 per cent of the Indian subcontinent at the time of Indian independence, and they collapsed after the departure of the British. This book provides a chronological analysis of the Princely State in colonial times and its post-colonial legacies. Focusing o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge
2013.
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| Series: | Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series
Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009654779006719 |
| Summary: | India's Princely States covered nearly 40 per cent of the Indian subcontinent at the time of Indian independence, and they collapsed after the departure of the British. This book provides a chronological analysis of the Princely State in colonial times and its post-colonial legacies. Focusing on one of the largest and most important of these states, the Princely State of Mysore, it offers a novel interpretation and thorough investigation of the relationship of king and subject in South Asia.The book argues that the denial of political and economic power to the king, especially after |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (233 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203102251 9781283861779 9781136239106 |
