Автор: OMISSI, DAVID E Название: The Sepoy and the Raj. The Indian Army, 1860 - 1940 ISBN: 0333729765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333729762 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 8384 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A study of eight decades of colonial rule, as seen from the point of view of the Indian army, which also aims to shed light upon the British colonial psyche.
Melodrama is often seen as a blunt aesthetic tool tainted by its reliance on improbable situations, moral binaries, and overwhelming emotion, features that made it a likely ingredient of British imperial propaganda during the late nineteenth century. Yet, through its impact on many late-Victorian genres outside of the theater, melodrama developed a complicated relationship with British imperial discourse.
Melodramatic Imperial Writing positions melodrama as a vital aspect of works that underscored the contradictions and injustices of British imperialism. Beyond proving useful for authors constructing imperialist fantasies or supporting unjust policies, the melodramatic mode enabled writers to upset narratives of British imperial destiny and racial superiority.
Neil Hultgren explores a range of texts, from Dickens’s writing about the 1857 Sepoy Rebellion to W. E. Henley’s imperialist poetry and Olive Schreiner’s experimental fiction, in order to trace a new and complex history of British imperialism and the melodramatic mode in late-Victorian writing.
Автор: Sreenivasan, Ramya Название: Many lives of a rajput queen ISBN: 029598760X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780295987606 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 4460 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Winner of the 2009 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies
The medieval Rajput queen Padmini - believed to have been pursued by Alauddin Khalji, the Sultan of Delhi - has been the focus of numerous South Asian narratives, ranging from a Sufi mystical romance in the sixteenth century to nationalist histories in the late nineteenth century. The Many Lives of a Rajput Queen explores how early modern regional elites, caste groups, and mystical and monastic communities shaped their distinctive versions of the past through the repeated refashioning of the legend of Padmini.
Ramya Sreenivasan investigates these legends and traces their subsequent appropriation by colonial administrators and nationalist intellectuals, for varying different political ends. Using Padmini as a means of illustrating the power of gender norms in constructing heroic memory, she shows how such narratives about virtuous women changed as they circulated across particular communities in South Asia between the sixteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This book will interest historians of memory, gender, community, culture, and historywriting in South Asia. Illustrating how enduring legends emerged out of particular precolonial repositories of "tradition," the book also addresses the nature of colonial transitions and precolonial historical consciousness.
Автор: Poonam Sharma; Swati Rajput Название: Sustainable Smart Cities in India ISBN: 3319471449 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319471440 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 34937 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The book suggests directions and agendas for smart city research and outlines practical implications for government professionals, students, research scholars and policy makers.A lot of work is happening on smart cities as it is an upcoming area of research and development.
Автор: David Omissi Название: The Sepoy and the Raj ISBN: 0333550498 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780333550496 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 25853 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is the first scholarly study of the subject for twenty years, and the only one based on extensive archival research. In this evocative and compassionate work, David Omissi examines the origins, motives and protests of the several million Indian peasant- soldiers who served the colonial power.
Описание: In the two World Wars, hundreds of thousands of Indian sepoys were mobilized, recruited and shipped overseas to fight for the British Crown. The Indian Army was the chief Imperial reserve for an empire under threat. But how did those sepoys understand and explain their own war experiences and indeed themselves through that experience? How much did their testimonies realise and reflect their own fragmented identities as both colonial subjects and imperial policemen? The Testimonies of Indian Soldiers and the Two World Wars draws upon the accounts of Indian combatants to explore how they came to terms with the conflicts. In thematic chapters, Gajendra Singh traces the evolution of military identities under the British Raj and considers how those identities became embattled in the praxis of soldiers’ war testimonies – chiefly letters, depositions and interrogations. It becomes a story of mutiny and obedience; of horror, loss and silence. This book tells that story and is an important contribution to histories of the British Empire, South Asia and the two World Wars.
Описание: In the two World Wars, hundreds of thousands of Indian sepoys were mobilized, recruited and shipped overseas to fight for the British Crown. The Indian Army was the chief Imperial reserve for an empire under threat. But how did those sepoys understand and explain their own war experiences and indeed themselves through that experience? How much did their testimonies realise and reflect their own fragmented identities as both colonial subjects and imperial policemen? The Testimonies of Indian Soldiers and the Two World Wars draws upon the accounts of Indian combatants to explore how they came to terms with the conflicts. In thematic chapters, Gajendra Singh traces the evolution of military identities under the British Raj and considers how those identities became embattled in the praxis of soldiers’ war testimonies – chiefly letters, depositions and interrogations. It becomes a story of mutiny and obedience; of horror, loss and silence. This book tells that story and is an important contribution to histories of the British Empire, South Asia and the two World Wars.
Автор: Forrest Название: Sepoy Generals ISBN: 1108028535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108028530 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6651 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: George W. Forrest was an important historian of British India, who firmly believed that governments should learn from past actions. Using the official documents which he had edited, this study of nine British generals whose careers shaped the Raj in the nineteenth century was published in 1900.
Описание: The Most Comprehensive Bibliography of the 1857 Revolt in Print--1191 Entries on the Sepoy Rebellion. Published in 2007, The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857 is the most current and authoritative collection of English language mutiny literature published since 1966. It is an essential guide for writers, collectors, dealers--any student of the 1857 revolt and its importance to the modern state of India. - 1161 entries; all books. There are no listings for newspapers or manuscript collections. - Approximately 90% of the entries were physically checked and read by the author. - Every entry lists the location of the title and many entries provide the accession number and well as a short printing history where available. - A complete index lists authors, book titles, and event or place names. The Sepoy Mutiny: 1857 is the most authoritative reference available in print.
Автор: Mazumdar Название: Insurgent Sepoys ISBN: 0415597994 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415597999 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 18876 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book documents representations of the Revolt of 1857 in India in non-English speaking Europe. It casts light on the impact of the Revolt elsewhere - its international dimension - examining its probable influence on simultaneous articulations of nationalist identities in central, south and eastern Europe.
Автор: Mazumdar Shaswati Название: Insurgent Sepoys: Europe Views the Revolt of 1857 ISBN: 1138664979 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138664975 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7549 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book documents representations of the Revolt of 1857 in India in non-English speaking Europe. It casts light on the impact of the Revolt elsewhere - its international dimension - examining its probable influence on simultaneous articulations of nationalist identities in central, south and eastern Europe.
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