Serving Empire, Serving Nation English 2026
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ISBN:
9789360800116
Publisher:
Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Pages:
248
Weight:
700 g
Dimensions:
16.3 x 24.4 x 12.9 cm
Book Cover:
Hard Cover
James Tod’s Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan was crucial in forming the modern image of the Rajput, a princely ‘martial’ caste resident in India’s northwest desert. This book explores the relationships between the political power of the British imperial state, the construction of historical memories in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and the uses of these constructions by European writers and Indian nationalist elites. The case of the Rajputs demonstrates how imperial histories reflected Indian social processes and pre-colonial forms of knowledge, interpreted India for the world outside and for Indians themselves.
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