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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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| 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 |
| Sumario: | "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 of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their precolonial origins to their roles as clients in the British colonial system. The book breaks new ground in its integration of political and economic developments in the major princely states with the shifting relationships between the princes and the British. It represents a significant contribution, both to British imperial history in its analysis of the theory and practice of indirect rule, and to modern South Asian history, as a portrait of the princes as politicians and patrons of the arts."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 309 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | "Bibliographical essay": pages 281-293 Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139053969 1139053965 0511165889 9780511165887 9780511164217 0511164211 9780511163623 0511163622 0511165552 9780511165559 9780511165016 0511165013 1107141397 9781107141391 0521056020 9780521056021 1280437502 9781280437502 0511312571 9780511312571 |