A Distant Sovereignty

National Imperialism and the Origins of British India
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-92953-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

In this broad study of British rule in India during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Sudipta Sen takes up this dual agenda, sketching out the interrelationships between nationalism, imperialism, and identity formation as they played out in both England and South Asia.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sen, Sudipta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Kolonialismus, Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. The State and Its Colonial Frontiers Chapter 2. History as Imperial Lesson Chapter 3. Invasive Prospects Chapter 4. Domesticity and Dominion Chapter 5. The Decline of Intimacy Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Sudipta Sen is assistant professor of history at Syracuse University. His first book, Empire of Free Trade: The East India Company and the Making of Colonial Marketplace was nominated for the John Ben Snow prize of the Council of British Studies and the Morris Forkosch prize of the American Historical Association.