| Serving Empire, Serving Nation: James Tod and the Rajputs of Rajasthan Contributor(s): Freitag (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004175946 ISBN-13: 9789004175945 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: James Tods Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan was crucial in forming the modern image of the R?jp?t, a princely martial caste resident in Indias northwest desert. This book explores the relationships between the political power of the British imperial state, the construction of historical memories in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the uses of these constructions by European writers and Indian nationalist elites. The case of the Rajputs demonstrates how imperial histories reflected Indian social processes and pre-colonial forms of knowledge, interpreted India for the world outside and for Indians themselves. This book explores the multiple discourses within Tods Rajasthan, and European Orientalism, to show how intricately coded the British Empire was and, historically, remains. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 954.4 |
| Series: European Expansion and Indigenous Response |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 227 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: James Tod's Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan was crucial in forming the modern image of the Rājpūt, a princely "martial" caste resident in India's northwest desert. This book explores the relationships between the political power of the British imperial state, the construction of historical memories in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the uses of these constructions by European writers and Indian nationalist elites. The case of the Rajputs demonstrates how imperial histories reflected Indian social processes and pre-colonial forms of knowledge, interpreted India for the world outside and for Indians themselves. This book explores the multiple discourses within Tod's Rajasthan, and European Orientalism, to show how intricately coded the British Empire was and, historically, remains. |