| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Studies in imperialism |
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Studies in imperialism.
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| Contents |
Tod as an observer of landscape in Rajasthan and Gujarat -- Tod as anthropologist : trying to understand -- Tod's practice of science in India : voyages through empirical, common sense -- Tod's use of Romanticism in his textual constructions of Rajasthan and Gujarat -- Tod's Romantic approach as opposed to James Mill's Utilitarian approach to British government in India -- Tod's knowledge exchanges with his contemporaries in India -- Tod among his contemporaries in London, 1823-35 -- Conclusion : Tod's sympathetic understanding of Rajput difference |
| Summary |
James Tod (1782-1835) spent 22 years in India (1800-22), during the last five of which he was Political Agent of the British Government in India to the Western Rajput States in north-west India. This book studies Tod's relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 28, 2015) |
| Subject |
Tod, James, 1782-1835.
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Tod, James, 1782-1835 -- Relations with Rajputs
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| SUBJECT |
Tod, James, 1782-1835
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Tod, James, 1782-1835 -- Relations with Rajputs
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Tod, James, 1782-1835 fast |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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| SUBJECT |
Rajasthan (India) -- History
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| Subject |
India -- Rajasthan
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Rajasthan (staat)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781784992071 |
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1784992070 |
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9781784992088 |
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1784992089 |
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