The domination of strangers: modern governance in eastern India, 1780-1835

Offering a major new interpretation of the transformation of political thought and practice in colonial India, The Domination of Strangers traces the origins of modern ideas about the state and Indian civil society to the practical interaction between the British and their south Asian subjects. INDICE: Maps and Illustrations - Preface and Acknowledgements - Introduction - Comparing Eighteenth-Century Political Societies - Crisis, Anxiety and the Making of a New Order - Colonial Indecision and the Origins of the Hindu Joint Family - Governing the Power of Proprietors - The State as Machine and the Ambivalent Origins of Colonial Reform - Indian Liberalism and Colonial Utilitarianism - Reflections - Notes - Bibliography -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27915-5
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 10/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés