Kingship and colonialism in India's Deccan, 1850-1948

Rejecting simplified notions of 'civilizational clashes', this book argues for a new perspective on Hindu, Muslim, and colonial power relations in India. Using archival sources from London, Delhi, and Hyderabad, the book makes use of interviews, private family records and princely-colonial...

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Main Author: Cohen, Benjamin B. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2007
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Table of Contents:
  • At the edge of empire
  • Soldiers, mercenaries, and moneylenders
  • Turbans, titles, and tigers: symbols of rulership
  • The court of wards in Hyderabad
  • The death of kings, the birth of a nation.