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041			_aEnglish
082	0	4	_a954.03 _222 _bRAM
100	1		_aRamusack, Barbara N.
245	1	4	_aThe Indian princes and their states _cBarbara N. Ramunsack.
250			_aSouth Asian ed
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _cc2004.
300			_axiv, 309 p. : _bill., map.
505			_tIndian princes and British imperialism -- _tPrincely states prior to 1800 -- _tThe British construction of indirect rule -- _tThe theory and experience of indirect rule in colonial India -- _tPrinces as men, women, rulers, patrons, and Oriental stereotypes -- _tPrincely states : administrative and economic structures -- _tPrincely states : society and politics -- _tFederation or integration?
520			_aAlthough 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
650			_aBritish Occupation of India (1765-1947)
650			_aIndia- Kings and rulers
942			_2ddc _cBOOKS
100	1		_zRAM
490	1		_aThe new Cambridge history of India ; _vIII, 6
504			_a"Bibliographical essay": p. 281-293.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
533			_aElectronic reproduction. _bPalo Alto, Calif. : _cebrary, _d2006. _nAvailable via World Wide Web. _nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory.
651		0	_aIndia _xKings and rulers.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yBritish occupation, 1765-1947.
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1765-1947.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aebrary, Inc.
830		0	_aNew Cambridge history of India ; _vIII, 6.
856	4	0	_uhttp://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio5975790 _zClick here for full text.
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