Florence D'Souza

Knowledge, mediation and empire (eBook, ePUB)

James Tod's journeys among the Rajputs

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781784992088
• Artikelnr.: 44047369

Autorenporträt

Florence D'Souza is Lecturer in Studies of the English-Speaking World at the University of Lille 3, France

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Tod as an observer of landscape in Rajasthan and Gujarat 2.
Tod as anthropologist: trying to understand 3. Tod's practice of science in
India: voyages through empirical common sense 4. Tod's use of romanticism
in his textual constructions of Rajasthan and Gujarat 5. Tod's romantic
approach as opposed to James Mill's utilitarian approach to British
government in India 6. Tod's knowledge exchanges with his contemporaries
Conclusion Index