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India and imperial vulnerability : knowledge, aesthetics and subjects in British discourses of disaster, 1763-1939 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nayar, Pramod K. (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2026.
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Disasters > India > History.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
Catastrophes > Inde > Histoire.
Disasters > History.
India
1763-1939
1765-1947
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Information
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Writing disaster in colonial India
  • Part I: Disaster knowledge cultures
  • The making of climatological risk
  • Disaster textual production
  • Part II: Disaster aesthetics
  • Unscenic nature
  • Ruined matter
  • Part III: Disaster subjects
  • Disaster subjects
  • Palliative imperial labour
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index