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The Indian princes and their states /
"Although the princes of India have been caricatured as Oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the integration...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Colección: | New Cambridge history of India ;
III, 6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Indian princes and British imperialism
- Princely states prior to 1800
- The British construction of indirect rule
- The theory and experience of indirect rule in colonial India
- Princes as men, women, rulers, patrons, and Oriental stereotypes
- Princely states : administrative and economic structures
- Princely states : society and politics
- Federation or integration?