The South Indian Rebellions
The South Indian Rebellions

Author: South Indian History Congress. Session

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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Contributed seminar papers presented at 27th Session of the South Indian History Congress from 2-4 February, 2007 at the Rajapalayam Rajus' College.

Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947
Colonialism, Environment and Tribals in South India,1792-1947

Author: Velayutham Saravanan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-08-12

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1315517191

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This book offers a bird’s eye view of the economic and environmental history of the Indian peninsula during colonial era. It analyses the nature of colonial land revenue policy, commercialisation of forest resources, consequences of coffee plantations, intrusion into tribal private forests and tribal-controlled geographical regions, and disintegration of their socio-cultural, political, administrative and judicial systems during the British Raj. It explores the economic history of the region through regional and ‘non-market’ economies and addresses the issues concerning local communities. Comprehensive, systematic and rich in archival material, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers in history, especially those concerned with economic and environmental history.

The Haitian Revolution
The Haitian Revolution

Author: Toussaint L'Ouverture

Publisher: Verso Books

Published: 2019-11-12

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1788736575

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Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of the Haitian Revolution in the late eighteenth century, in which slaves rebelled against their masters and established the first black republic. In this collection of his writings and speeches, former Haitian politician Jean-Bertrand Aristide demonstrates L’Ouverture’s profound contribution to the struggle for equality.

Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India
Kingship and Political Practice in Colonial India

Author: Pamela G. Price

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-03-14

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 9780521552479

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In a cultural history which considers the transformation of south Indian institutions under British colonial rule in the nineteenth century, Pamela Price focuses on the two former 'little kingdoms' of Ramnad and Sivagangai which came under colonial governance as revenue estates. She demonstrates how rivalries among the royal families and major zamindari temples, and the disintegration of indigenous institutions of rule, contributed to the development of nationalist ideologies and new political identities among the people of southern Tamil country. The author also shows how religious symbols and practices going back to the seventeenth century were reformulated and acquired a new significance in the colonial context. Arguing for a reappraisal of the relationship of Hinduism to politics, Price finds that these symbols and practices continue to inform popular expectation of political leadership today.