Princely India re-imagined : a historical anthropology of Mysore from 1799 to the present / / Aya Ikegame

• Autore: Ikegame Aya.
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (233 pages)
• Disciplina: 954/.87031
• Soggetto geografico: Mysore (Princely State) History 19th century; Mysore (Princely State) Kings and rulers 19th century; India History British occupation, 1765-1947
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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!.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Princely India re-imagined
• ISBN: 0-203-10225-8; 1-283-86177-1; 1-136-23910-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910536357303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge/Edinburgh South Asian Studies Series