Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire

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Cambridge University Press, 1987 - History - 230 pages
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This volume reassesses the role of Indians in the politics and economics of early colonialism.
 

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Contents

Introduction
1
India in the eighteenth century The formation of states and social groups
7
Indian capital and the emergence of colonial society
45
The crisis of the Indian state 17801820
79
The consolidation and failure of the East India Companys state 181857
106
Peasant and Brahmin consolidating traditional society
136
Rebellion and reconstitution
169
The first age of colonialism in India
200
Glossary of Indian terms
207
Bibliographical essay
212
Index
224
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About the author (1987)

Christopher Alan Bayly was born on May 18, 1945 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom. He graduated from St Antony's College. He was the pre-eminent historian of India and the British Empire and a pioneer of the field of global history. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including The Local Roots of Indian Politics; Rulers, Townsmen and Bazaars; Indian Society and the Making of the British Empire; Imperial Meridian; Empire and Information; The Origins of Nationality in South Asia; The Birth of the Modern World; and Recovering Liberties. In 2005, he received the Wolfson prize for history for his entire body of work. In 2007, he was the first scholar to be knighted "for services to history outside of Europe." He died of a heart attack on April 18, 2015 at the age of 69.

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TitleIndian Society and the Making of the British Empire
History e-book project
Volume 1 of Indian states and the transition to colonialism
The New Cambridge History of India
Volume 1 of The New Cambridge history of India: II, Indian states and the transition to colonialism
AuthorsC. A. Bayly, Christopher Alan Bayly
EditorChristopher Alan Bayly
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherCambridge University Press, 1987
ISBN0521386500, 9780521386500
Length230 pages
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History / Asia / General
History / Asia / India & South Asia
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
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