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- catalog abstract ""Although the princes of India have been caricatured as Oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the integration of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their precolonial origins to their roles as clients in the British colonial system. The book breaks new ground in its integration of political and economic developments in the major princely states with the shifting relationships between the princes and the British. It represents a significant contribution, both to British imperial history in its analysis of the theory and practice of indirect rule, and to modern South Asian history, as a portrait of the princes as politicians and patrons of the arts."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13115632.
- catalog coverage "India History British occupation, 1765-1947.".
- catalog coverage "India Kings and rulers History.".
- catalog coverage "India Kings and rulers.".
- catalog coverage "India Politics and government 1765-1947.".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Although the princes of India have been caricatured as Oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the integration of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their precolonial origins to their roles as clients in the British colonial system. The book breaks new ground in its integration of political and economic developments in the major princely states with the shifting relationships between the princes and the British. It represents a significant contribution, both to British imperial history in its analysis of the theory and practice of indirect rule, and to modern South Asian history, as a portrait of the princes as politicians and patrons of the arts."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-293) and index.".
- catalog description "Indian princes and British imperialism -- Princely state prior to 1800 -- The British construction of indirect rule -- The theory and experience of indirect rule in colonial India -- Princes as men, women, rulers, patrons, and Oriental stereotypes -- Princely states : administrative and economic structures -- Princely states : society and politics -- Federation or integration?".
- catalog extent "xiv, 309 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521267277 (hardback)".
- catalog isPartOf "New Cambridge history of India ; III. 6.".
- catalog isPartOf "The New Cambridge history of India ; III. 6".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "India History British occupation, 1765-1947.".
- catalog spatial "India Kings and rulers History.".
- catalog spatial "India Kings and rulers.".
- catalog spatial "India Politics and government 1765-1947.".
- catalog subject "954.03 22".
- catalog subject "DS436 .R256 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Indian princes and British imperialism -- Princely state prior to 1800 -- The British construction of indirect rule -- The theory and experience of indirect rule in colonial India -- Princes as men, women, rulers, patrons, and Oriental stereotypes -- Princely states : administrative and economic structures -- Princely states : society and politics -- Federation or integration?".
- catalog title "The Indian princes and their states / Barbara N. Ramunsack.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".