Books

18 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The nation and its fragments The nation and its fragments Partha Chatterjee xiii, 282 p. ; 25 cm OL1057050W
Ashraf Into Middle Classes Muslims In Nineteenthcentury Delhi Ashraf Into Middle Classes Muslims In Nineteenthcentury Delhi Margrit Pernau xxxvi, 504 pages : 23 cm OL17472641W
The company rule in India The company rule in India Sheela Saha On the British and East India Company rule with particular focus on Bihar from 1757-1858; a study. OL1760335W
Indian embers Indian embers Lawrence Lady Daily life in India, as experienced by a senior civil servant. OL1773359W
Purifying empire Purifying empire Deana Heath "Purifying Empire explores the material, cultural and moral fragmentation of the boundaries of imperial and colonial rule in the British Empire in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. I… OL18569634W
Climbing the Mango Trees Climbing the Mango Trees Madhur Jaffrey Whether acclaimed food writer Madhur Jaffrey was climbing the mango trees in her grandparents' orchard in Delhi or picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs stuffed with raisins and mint, tu… OL1927334W
Social and religious reform Social and religious reform Amiya P. Sen Contributed articles. OL19591115W
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
Empire made Empire made Kief Hillsbery "Lost in time for generations, the story of a 19th-century English gentleman in British India--a family mystery of love found and loyalties abandoned, finally brought to light. In 1841, twenty-year-o… OL19713223W
The setting sun The setting sun B. J. Moore-Gilbert "Setting Sun is the story of the dying days of an Empire, combined with gripping family history, in an extraordinary literary voyage across India. When a letter from an Indian historian arrives out o… OL19980139W
Agricultural Production and Indian History Agricultural Production and Indian History David Ludden Contributed articles. OL20987617W
White Mughals White Mughals William Dalrymple "James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Khair un-Nissa - "Most Excellent among Women" - the great-niece of the Nizam's pri… OL2322471W
India inscribed India inscribed Kate Teltscher India Inscribed is the first comprehensive study of European and British writing on India in the period 1600-1800, from the foundation of the East India Company to the defeat of Tipu Sultan. Britain'… OL2363013W
Modern India, 1885-1947 Modern India, 1885-1947 Sumit Sarkar The present work tries to explore, in the light of the author's own research, some of the rich possibilities of a 'history from below'. The shift in focus towards tribals, peasants and workers is sho… OL3437213W
Silk and empire Silk and empire Brenda M. King xx, 195 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm OL5858316W
From Plassey to Pakistan From Plassey to Pakistan Humayun Mirza "In this historical survey, Humayun Mirza traces the fortunes of his ancestors, the powerful rulers of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, whom Robert Clive defeated at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Turning … OL5962864W
Gandhi and the struggle for India's independence Gandhi and the struggle for India's independence F. W. Rawding A biography of Mohandas Gandhi, the Mahatma, who played a crucial role in the struggle for Indian independence from Great Britain in the 1930s and 40s. OL6444905W
Self and Sovereignty Self and Sovereignty Ayesha Jalal Self and Sovereignty surveys the role of individual Muslim men and women within India and Pakistan from 1850 through to decolonisation and the partition period.Commencing in colonial times, this book… OL85853W