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The Indian princes and their states Barbara N. Ramunsack.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: New Cambridge history of India ; III, 6.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2004.Edition: South Asian edDescription: xiv, 309 p. : ill., mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 954.03 22 RAM
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Contents:
Indian princes and British imperialism -- Princely states 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?
Summary: 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
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Indian princes and British imperialism --
Princely states 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?




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

"Bibliographical essay": p. 281-293.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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