Perspectives of Mutual Encounters in South Asian History

Perspectives of Mutual Encounters in South Asian History
Author: Jamal Malik
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2000
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9789004118027

The reciprocal relationship between colonialists and the colonised people of India, during the crucial period from 1760 to 1860, provides fascinating study material. This edited volume explores cultural colonialism by focussing on the ambivalent processes of reciprocal perceptions.

Empire and Information

Empire and Information
Author: Christopher Alan Bayly
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 430
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521663601

In a penetrating account of the evolution of British intelligence gathering in India, C. A. Bayly shows how networks of Indian spies were recruited by the British to secure military, political and social information about their subjects. He also examines the social and intellectual origins of these 'native informants', and considers how the colonial authorities interpreted and often misinterpreted the information they supplied. It was such misunderstandings which ultimately contributed to the failure of the British to anticipate the rebellions of 1857. The author argues, however, that even before this, complex systems of debate and communication were challenging the political and intellectual dominance of the European rulers.

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Calcutta (India). Imperial library
Publisher:
Total Pages: 476
Release: 1904
Genre: India
ISBN:

Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture

Orientalism, Empire, and National Culture
Author: M. Dodson
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2007-02-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 0230288707

Orientalist research has most often been characterised as an integral element of the European will-to-power over the Asian world. This study seeks to nuance this view, and asserts that British Orientalism in India was also an inherently complex and unstable enterprise, predicated upon the cultural authority of the Sanskrit pandits.

Banaras: Urban Forms and Cultural Histories

Banaras: Urban Forms and Cultural Histories
Author: Michael S. Dodson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-01-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000365646

The book presents a rich and surprising account of the recent history of the north Indian city of Banaras. Supplementing traditional accounts, which have focused upon the city’s religious imaginary, this volume brings together essays written by acknowledged experts in north Indian culture and history to examine the construction of diverse urban identities in, and after, the British colonial period. Drawing on fields such as archaeology, literature, history, and architecture, these accounts of Banaras understand the narratives which inscribe the city as having been forged substantially in the experiences of British rule. But while British rule transformed the city in many respects, the essays also emphasize the importance of Indian agency in these processes. The book also examines the essential ambiguity of modernization schemes in the city as well as the contingency of elements of religious narrative. The introduction, moreover, attempts to resituate Banaras into a wider tradition of urban studies in South Asia. The book will be of interest to not only scholars and students of north Indian culture and urban history, but also anyone looking to gain a deeper appreciation of this remarkable, and complex, city.

Journal

Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 646
Release: 1832
Genre:
ISBN: