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: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Series: | Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203102251 0203102258 9781136239106 1136239103 9781136239090 113623909X 9781136239052 1136239057 1283861771 9781283861779 |