Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics
Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics

Author: Tripurdaman Singh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 1108603998

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Imperial Sovereignty and Local Politics takes at its focus the historically significant interconnections between local polities and imperial formations in South Asia. Using the relationship between the Bhadauria Rajputs and the Mughal, Maratha and British Empires as a prism to evaluate the constitution of sovereignty and the process of state formation, it demonstrates the enduring relevance of symbolism and ritual, the persistence of pre-colonial political forms and ideologies and the continuing importance of local power networks in moulding imperial projects. Employing theories of state formation borrowed from anthropology, Singh emphasizes the need to conceptually separate political authority from symbolic sovereignty and examine the local context of imperial politics. This work provides a compelling re-orientation of the way we understand the nature of imperial states, the experience of sovereignty and the processes of political change in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars
Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars

Author: C.A. Bayly

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 499

ISBN-13: 019908873X

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This path-breaking work on the social and economic history of colonial India traces the evolution of north Indian towns and merchant communities from the decline of Mughal dominion to the consolidation of British empire following the 1857 'mutiny'. C.A. Bayly analyses the response of the inhabitants of the Ganges Valley to the upheavals in the eighteenth century that paved the way for the incoming British. He shows how the colonial enterprise was built on an existing resilient network of towns, rural bazaars, and merchant communities; and how in turn, colonial trade and administration were moulded by indigenous forms of commerce and politics. This edition comes with a new introduction.

Social and Economic Change in Haryana
Social and Economic Change in Haryana

Author: Chattar Singh

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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The Present Book Social And Economic Change In Haryana Is A Pioneering Research Work, Based On The Archival Source Material, Both Of Primary And Secondary Nature, Collected, Compiled And Analysed By The Author For Almost A Decade'S Meticulous Efforts To Produce The First Volume Of The Series To Reveal The Societal Changes That Occurred During The Colonial State In The 19Th Century In Haryana Which Was Then Termed As The South-East Punjab. The Book Gives An Interesting And Vivid Description Of Various Social And Economic Aspects Of The Society Of This Region At The Advent Of The British In 1803. It Enlists Some Of The Important Factors Of Social And Economic Changes In The Process Of Degeneration And Regeneration Due To Imposition Of The Alien Colonial Rule. The Agencies Of Change Became Operative In This Region To Remould And Reshape The Facets Of Societal Order Of The Day In Gradual Process. It Was The British Imperial State That Affected Changes In Haryana, As In Other Parts Of The Country, Only To Meet Their Commercial And Imperial Goals, Designed To Exploit The Resources The Most. The British Exploitation Exposed The Pseudo-Benevolent Mask Of The British Rule Here. The Data And Figures Carried In This Book Testify To A Great Extent This Phenomenon Of The Colonial Rule. The Most Attracting Part Of The Book Is The Revelation Of The Supremacy Of The Haryana Farmers Over The Technological Advancement Of He British When The Latter'S Agricultural Implements And Products Were Rejected By The Farmers, Who Adopted Those Which Proved Beneficial To Them In The Rural Sector.