Representations of India, 1740-1840: The Creation of India in the Colonial Imagination

by A. Chatterjee

Overview

Chatterjee analyzes how writing over the period of a century justified and was affected by the introduction and extension of British domination of India, demonstrating the link between written representations and the ideological, economic and political climate and debates. By showing how the representations of Britons in India, Indian religion and society and government evolved over the period 1740 to 1840, the author fills the gap between the early colonial 'exotic East' and the later 'primitive subject nation' perceptions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333689424
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	05/13/1998
Edition description:	1998
Pages:	237
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Amal Chatterjee has taught at the universities of Glasgow in the Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Exeter.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements PART 1: INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Introduction Historical Background PART 2: THE BRITISH IN INDIA Traders Soldiers Administrators PART 3: INDIAN RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS Religion Sati Thugs PART 4: INDIAN SOCIETY, GOVERNMENT AND RULERS Indian Society and Indians Indian Government and Rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan PART 5: CONCLUSION Conclusion Endnotes Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

'Representations of India is lucidly written and its many nuggets of information reveal much about how representations of India informed colonial ideology and action.' - Douglas M. Peers, University of Calgary

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