Serving Empire, Serving Nation
James Tod and the Rajputs of Rajasthan
Gebonden Engels 2009 9789004175945Samenvatting
James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan was crucial in forming the modern image of the Rājpūt, a princely “martial” caste resident in India’s northwest desert. This book explores the relationships between the political power of the British imperial state, the construction of historical memories in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the uses of these constructions by European writers and Indian nationalist elites. The case of the Rajputs demonstrates how imperial histories reflected Indian social processes and pre-colonial forms of knowledge, interpreted India for the world outside and for Indians themselves. This book explores the multiple discourses within Tod’s Rajasthan, and European Orientalism, to show how intricately coded the British Empire was and, historically, remains.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements
Map of Rajasthan
Introduction
1. Context
2. Biography
3. Restoration
4. Protection
5. Interpretation
6. Valuation
7. Reconstruction
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Tod's Publications
Appendix 2. Tod's Donations to Royal Asiatic Society
Appendix 3. Text of 1818 ḳaulnāma
Glossary of Indian Terms
Bibliography
Index
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan