Author: André Wink
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521051804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This original contribution to Indian history, focusing on contemporary and largely indigenous documents, introduces a set of concepts for the analysis of late Mughal rule. More specifically it examines the origins and development of the Maratha svardjya or 'self-rule' within the context of declining Muslim power. It traces the expansion of Maratha dominion to a process of fitna, a policy of 'shifting alliances' which was recurrent in the wake of Muslim expansion throughout its history. The book gives an interesting perspective on Hindu-Muslim relationships in the pre-British period as well as on the nature of the Indo-Muslim state and its most important successor polity, on its capacity for change and development in the intermediate sections of society, the land-tenurial system, the monetization of the economy, and on the fiscal system.
Land and Sovereignty in India
Author: André Wink
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521051804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This original contribution to Indian history, focusing on contemporary and largely indigenous documents, introduces a set of concepts for the analysis of late Mughal rule. More specifically it examines the origins and development of the Maratha svardjya or 'self-rule' within the context of declining Muslim power. It traces the expansion of Maratha dominion to a process of fitna, a policy of 'shifting alliances' which was recurrent in the wake of Muslim expansion throughout its history. The book gives an interesting perspective on Hindu-Muslim relationships in the pre-British period as well as on the nature of the Indo-Muslim state and its most important successor polity, on its capacity for change and development in the intermediate sections of society, the land-tenurial system, the monetization of the economy, and on the fiscal system.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521051804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This original contribution to Indian history, focusing on contemporary and largely indigenous documents, introduces a set of concepts for the analysis of late Mughal rule. More specifically it examines the origins and development of the Maratha svardjya or 'self-rule' within the context of declining Muslim power. It traces the expansion of Maratha dominion to a process of fitna, a policy of 'shifting alliances' which was recurrent in the wake of Muslim expansion throughout its history. The book gives an interesting perspective on Hindu-Muslim relationships in the pre-British period as well as on the nature of the Indo-Muslim state and its most important successor polity, on its capacity for change and development in the intermediate sections of society, the land-tenurial system, the monetization of the economy, and on the fiscal system.
The Oxford History of the British Empire: The Eighteenth Century
Author: Alaine Low
Publisher: Oxford History of the British Empire
ISBN: 9780199246779
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records.
Publisher: Oxford History of the British Empire
ISBN: 9780199246779
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records.
Eighteenth-Century Gujarat
Author: Ghulam Nadri
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047425340
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The eighteenth century in South Asian history is a period of great dynamism and a critical phase in the historical trajectory of the subcontinent. This book focuses on the merchants and manufacturers of Gujarat, who amidst complex political developments succeeded in preserving their autonomy and freedom in the market place. By spotting economic growth in the late eighteenth century, this study rejects the constructed dualism between a seventeenth century of great progress and an eighteenth century of chaos and decline.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9047425340
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
The eighteenth century in South Asian history is a period of great dynamism and a critical phase in the historical trajectory of the subcontinent. This book focuses on the merchants and manufacturers of Gujarat, who amidst complex political developments succeeded in preserving their autonomy and freedom in the market place. By spotting economic growth in the late eighteenth century, this study rejects the constructed dualism between a seventeenth century of great progress and an eighteenth century of chaos and decline.
Volume II: The Eighteenth Century
Author: P. J. Marshall
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191647357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1063
Book Description
Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. This is the age of General Wolfe, Clive of India, and Captain Cook. The international team of experts deploy the latest scholarly research to trace and analyse development and expansion over more than a century. They show how trade, warfare, and migration created an Empire, at first overwhelmingly in the Americas but later increasingly in Asia. Although the Empire was ruptured by the American Revolution, it survived and grew into the British Empire that was to dominate the world during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. series blurb The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, aiming to provide a balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and to take into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. It explores economic and social trends as well as political.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191647357
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1063
Book Description
Volume II of the Oxford History of the British Empire examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British Empire. This is the age of General Wolfe, Clive of India, and Captain Cook. The international team of experts deploy the latest scholarly research to trace and analyse development and expansion over more than a century. They show how trade, warfare, and migration created an Empire, at first overwhelmingly in the Americas but later increasingly in Asia. Although the Empire was ruptured by the American Revolution, it survived and grew into the British Empire that was to dominate the world during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. series blurb The Oxford History of the British Empire is a major new assessment of the Empire in the light of recent scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records. It deals with the interaction of British and non-western societies from the Elizabethan era to the late twentieth century, aiming to provide a balanced treatment of the ruled as well as the rulers, and to take into account the significance of the Empire for the peoples of the British Isles. It explores economic and social trends as well as political.
The Marathas 1600-1818
Author: Stewart Gordon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521268837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In this book, Dr Stewart Gordon presents a comprehensive history of one of the most colourful and least-understood kingdoms of India: the Maratha Empire. The empire was founded by Shivaji in the mid-seventeenth century, spread across most of India during the following century, and was conquered by the British in the nineteenth century. Using administrative documents of the Maratha polity, family papers and Histories of the Empire, Stewart Gordon explores the origin of the Marathas, their emergence as elite families, patterns of loyalty and strategies for maintaining legitimacy. He traces how the armies developed into European-style infantry and artillery and assesses the economics that funded the polity, especially taxation and credit. Finally the author considers the lasting effects the empire had on administrations, law and trade patterns of Central India, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521268837
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In this book, Dr Stewart Gordon presents a comprehensive history of one of the most colourful and least-understood kingdoms of India: the Maratha Empire. The empire was founded by Shivaji in the mid-seventeenth century, spread across most of India during the following century, and was conquered by the British in the nineteenth century. Using administrative documents of the Maratha polity, family papers and Histories of the Empire, Stewart Gordon explores the origin of the Marathas, their emergence as elite families, patterns of loyalty and strategies for maintaining legitimacy. He traces how the armies developed into European-style infantry and artillery and assesses the economics that funded the polity, especially taxation and credit. Finally the author considers the lasting effects the empire had on administrations, law and trade patterns of Central India, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
Hindu Kingship and Polity in Precolonial India
Author: Norbert Peabody
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521465489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A fascinating 2003 study of the precolonial kingdom of Kota through its historical documents.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521465489
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A fascinating 2003 study of the precolonial kingdom of Kota through its historical documents.
Peasant History of Late Pre-colonial and Colonial India
Author: B. B. Chaudhuri
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131716885
Category : Geschichte
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
Publisher: Pearson Education India
ISBN: 9788131716885
Category : Geschichte
Languages : en
Pages : 988
Book Description
On the Eighteenth Century as a Category of Asian History
Author: Leonard Blussé
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351913727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The starting point of this volume is the scathing attack, far-reaching in its consequences, launched in 1942 by J.C. van Leur on the views then current on the character and significance of the 18th century as a category in Asian history. His denial of European pre-eminence in Asian waters represented a direct attack on colonial historiography. The essays here derive from an international conference held 50 years later, to assess the impact of van Leur’s work. In part historiographic, in part drawing on new research, they aim to delimit the boundaries of European-Asian interaction, and to provide case studies of what this period actually meant for the history of South and East Aia.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351913727
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The starting point of this volume is the scathing attack, far-reaching in its consequences, launched in 1942 by J.C. van Leur on the views then current on the character and significance of the 18th century as a category in Asian history. His denial of European pre-eminence in Asian waters represented a direct attack on colonial historiography. The essays here derive from an international conference held 50 years later, to assess the impact of van Leur’s work. In part historiographic, in part drawing on new research, they aim to delimit the boundaries of European-Asian interaction, and to provide case studies of what this period actually meant for the history of South and East Aia.
The Artisans in 18th Century Eastern India, a History of Survival
Author: Vipul Singh
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180692352
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
With special reference to the social and economic conditions in Patna District.
Publisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180692352
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
With special reference to the social and economic conditions in Patna District.
India in the Persianate Age, 1000-1765
Author: Richard Maxwell Eaton
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520325125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
With relish and originality, historian Eaton traces the rise of Persianate culture, introduced to India in the 11th century by dynasties based in eastern Afghanistan.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520325125
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
With relish and originality, historian Eaton traces the rise of Persianate culture, introduced to India in the 11th century by dynasties based in eastern Afghanistan.