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Autore |
Ikegame Aya. |
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Titolo |
Princely India re-imagined : a historical anthropology of Mysore from 1799 to the present / / Aya Ikegame |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-203-10225-8 |
1-283-86177-1 |
1-136-23910-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (233 pages) |
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Collana |
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Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian studies series |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mysore (Princely State) History 19th century |
Mysore (Princely State) Kings and rulers 19th century |
India History British occupation, 1765-1947 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- The palace -- The politics of honour -- Educating the maharajas -- Becoming gentlemen -- Marriage alliances in imperial space -- The capital of Raajadharma : modern space and religion -- Dasara, Durbar, and dolls : multi-dimensionality of public ritual -- The king is dead, long live the king!. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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India's Princely States covered nearly 40 per cent of the Indian subcontinent at the time of Indian independence, and they collapsed after the departure of the British. This book provides a chronological analysis of the Princely State in colonial times and its post-colonial legacies. Focusing on one of the largest and most important of these states, the Princely State of Mysore, it offers a novel interpretation and thorough investigation of the relationship of king and subject in South Asia.The book argues that the denial of political and economic power to the king, especially after |
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