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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2015.
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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. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (288 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781784992071 |