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Knowledge, mediation and empire : James Tod's journeys among the Rajputs /

James Tod (1782-1835) spent 22 years in India (1800-22), during the last five of which he was Political Agent of the British Government in India to the Western Rajput States in north-west India. This book studies Tod's relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group...

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Auteur principal: D'Souza, Florence (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:James Tod (1782-1835) spent 22 years in India (1800-22), during the last five of which he was Political Agent of the British Government in India to the Western Rajput States in north-west India. This book studies Tod's relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781784992071