Conquering the maharajas

Conquering the maharajas

Author: Harrison Akins

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2023-06-06

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1526167840

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Conquering the maharajas demonstrates that the political and military clashes between the Indian and Pakistani governments and the princely states, a legacy of the layered sovereignty of British indirect rule in India, was a product of the competing ideas of state sovereignty leading up to and following the transfer of power in 1947.


Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization

Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization

Author: R.F. Holland

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-05-03

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1000857441

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Perspectives on Imperialism and Decolonization (1984) is a key collection of essays that analyse from many sides the growth and demise of Western imperialism. They examine imperial history, the experience of imperialism, and offer new thoughts on British decolonization.