Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Terrorism and insurgency in Indian-English literature Terrorism and insurgency in Indian-English literature Alex Tickell "This book is an interdisciplinary study of representations of terrorism and political violence in the fiction and journalism of colonial India. Focusing on key historical episodes such as the Calcut… OL15951766W
Religious transactions in colonial south India Religious transactions in colonial south India Hephzibah Israel "Religious Transactions in Colonial South India locates the "making" of Protestant identities in South India within several contesting discourses. It examines evolving attitudes to translation and tr… OL16190602W
Afterimage of empire Afterimage of empire Zahid R. Chaudhary " Afterimage of Empire provides a philosophical and historical account of early photography in India that focuses on how aesthetic experiments in colonial photography changed the nature of perception… OL16299488W
British encounters with India, 1750-1830 British encounters with India, 1750-1830 Tim Keirn,Norbert Schürer "A collection of 18th- and early 19th-century primary texts and images that represent various facets of the cross-cultural interaction between India and Britain. The anthology suggests that for a bri… OL16495487W
Food culture in colonial Asia Food culture in colonial Asia Cecilia Leong-Salobir "Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India, Malaysia and Singapore, this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic servants made towards the development of this cuisin… OL16686402W
Coming of age in nineteenth-century India Coming of age in nineteenth-century India Ruby Lal "In this engaging and eloquent history, Ruby Lal traces the coming of age of nineteenth-century Indian women through a critique of narratives of linear transition from girlhood to womanhood. In the n… OL16699897W
The siege The siege Cathy Scott-Clark Describes what took place during the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai when terrorists assailed the luxurious Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and how the combined efforts of courageous staff and guests helped … OL18178785W
Reimagining India Reimagining India Clay Chandler,Adil Zainulbhai "Collection of essays by ... experts on what the new global elite needs to know about modern India"-- OL19704376W
The bargain from the bazaar The bargain from the bazaar Haroon K. Ullah "The story of one struggling middle-class Pakistani family, compellingly narrated by a young scholar and diplomat who has observed the traumas of the region firsthand. As a young boy, Awais Reza's fa… OL19708340W
The Fishing Fleet The Fishing Fleet Anne de Courcy,Anne De Courcy "The fascinating and entertaining true stories of the young Victorian women on the hunt for husbands among the colonial businessmen and bureaucrats in the Raj"-- OL19708645W
Annihilation of caste Annihilation of caste Arundhati Roy,Bhimrao Ambedkar,B. R. Ambedkar,S. Anand,B. R. Ambedkar,Bhimrao R. Ambedkar "A new annotated critical edition of B.R. Ambedkar's speech "Annihilation of Caste.""-- OL19988447W
The age of aspiration The age of aspiration Dilip Hiro "Nearly four decades ago, Dilip Hiro's Inside India Today, banned by Indira Gandhi's government, was acclaimed by The Guardian as simply 'the best book on India.' Now Hiro returns to his native count… OL20015596W
The Indian Ideology The Indian Ideology Perry Anderson "Today, the Indian state claims to embody the values of a stable political democracy, a harmonious territorial unity, and a steadfast religious impartiality. Even many of those critical of the inequa… OL20921799W