Download or read book Unearthing the Past to Forge the Future written by Tobias Wolffhardt and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the British East India Company consolidated its rule over India, evolving from a trading venture to a colonial administrative force. Yet its territorial gains far outpaced its understanding of the region and the people who lived there, and its desperate efforts to gain knowledge of the area led to the 1815 appointment of army officer Colin Mackenzie as the first Surveyor General of India. This volume carefully reconstructs the life and career of Mackenzie, showing how the massive survey of India that he undertook became one of the most spectacular and wide-ranging knowledge production initiatives in British colonial history.
Download or read book Architecture of Sovereignty written by Gita V. Pai and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demonstrates how religious spaces are sites of contestation over sovereignty and broader debates about governance as they have been reconceived repeatedly.
Download or read book Agrarian Development in Colonial India written by Peter Robb and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at agriculture, development, poverty and British rule in India, especially in the Patna Division in Bihar between c.1870–1920. It traces the economic influence of British policies and maps the impact of legal, administrative and scientific interventions to rural conditions and norms in the state. The book discusses British theories and policies of ‘improvement’, comparing them with Bihar’s agricultural practice and socio-economic conditions to draw conclusions about rural impoverishment. Following on from his earlier book, Ancient Rights and Future Comfort on the Bengal Tenancy Act of 1885, the author also presents case studies on famines, debts, canal and village irrigation, flood-protection and the cultivation and production of indigo, opium and sugar. He analyses extensive archival material to reflect on property law, scientific interventions, cropping patterns, trade and intermediaries. He examines the economic role of governments, Eurocentric development theories and the complex impact of development policy on agriculture and society in Bihar. The book will be of interest to academics and students of colonial history, modern Indian history, agrarian studies, economic history, sociology, and development studies. It will also be useful to development practitioners and researchers working on the history of agrarian conditions and public policy.
Download or read book Rag Fair written by Ole Münch and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-10-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early Victorian age, the streets of East London were home to migrants from different regions and religions. In the midst of this area lay the famous Rag Fair street market, sustained by trade routes stretching across the globe. The market’s history demonstrates that it was not only a place of economic exchange, but also an intercultural contact zone where Jewish and Irish migrants mingled, entered client relationships and forged political alliances. Reconstructing the varied (partly multiethnic) group-building processes operating in the market, Rag Fair draws on approaches across migration history, economic history, economic anthropology and the sociology of political movements to uncover the social mechanisms at work in the old clothing trade.
Download or read book The Science of State Power in the Habsburg Monarchy 1790 1880 written by Borbala Zsuzsanna Török and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The formation of modern European states during the long 19th century was a complicated process, challenged by the integration of widely different territories and populations. The Science of State Power in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1790-1880 builds on recent research to investigate the history of statistics as an overlooked part of the sciences of the state in Habsburg legal education as well as within the broader public sphere. By exploring the practices and social spaces of statistics, author Borbála Zsuzsanna Török uncovers its central role in imagining the composite Habsburg Monarchy as a modern and unified administrative space.
Download or read book Devotional Sovereignty written by Caleb Simmons and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India investigates the shifting conceptualization of sovereignty in the South Indian kingdom of Mysore during the reigns of Tipu Sultan (r. 1782-1799) and Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (r. 1799-1868). Tipu Sultan was a Muslim king famous for resisting British dominance until his death; Krishnaraja III was a Hindu king who succumbed to British political and administrative control. Despite their differences, the courts of both kings dealt with the changing political landscape by turning to the religious and mythical past to construct a royal identity for their kings. Caleb Simmons explores the ways in which these two kings and their courts modified and adapted pre-modern Indian notions of sovereignty and kingship in reaction to British intervention. The religious past provided an idiom through which the Mysore courts could articulate their rulers' claims to kingship in the region, attributing their rule to divine election and employing religious vocabulary in a variety of courtly genres and media. Through critical inquiry into the transitional early colonial period, this study sheds new light on pre-modern and modern India, with implications for our understanding of contemporary politics. It offers a revisionist history of the accepted narrative in which Tipu Sultan is viewed as a radical Muslim reformer and Krishnaraja III as a powerless British puppet. Simmons paints a picture of both rulers in which they work within and from the same understanding of kingship, utilizing devotion to Hindu gods, goddesses, and gurus to perform the duties of the king.
Download or read book The East India Company and the Politics of Knowledge written by Joshua Ehrlich and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The East India Company is remembered as the world's most powerful, not to say notorious, corporation. But for many of its advocates from the 1770s to the 1850s it was also the world's most enlightened one. Joshua Ehrlich reveals that a commitment to knowledge was integral to the Company's ideology. He shows how the Company cited this commitment in defense of its increasingly fraught union of commercial and political power. He moves beyond studies of orientalism, colonial knowledge, and information with a new approach: the history of ideas of knowledge. He recovers a world of debate among the Company's officials and interlocutors, Indian and European, on the political uses of knowledge. Not only were these historical actors highly articulate on the subject but their ideas continue to resonate in the present. Knowledge was a fixture in the politics of the Company – just as it seems to be becoming a fixture in today's politics.
Download or read book The Guardians of Concepts written by Martina Steber and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1945, what ‘conservative’ means has troubled intellectuals, politicians and parties in the United Kingdom and West Germany. In Britain conservatism was an accepted term of the political vocabulary, denoting a particular tradition of political thought and practice. In West Germany, by contrast, conservatism was a difficult concept for the young democracy to swallow. It carried a heavy antiliberal and antidemocratic burden and led people to question whether there was a place for conservatism within democratic culture after all. The Guardians of Concepts scrutinizes the debates about conservatism in the UK and the Federal Republic of Germany from the late 1940s to the early 1980s. Informed by historical semantics, it conceives of conservatism as a flexible linguistic structure, and shows the importance of language for the self-understanding of many conservatives, who not by chance, have regarded themselves as the guardians of concepts. The intense national and transnational debates about the meaning of conservatism had far-reaching consequences and continue to influence politics today.
Download or read book Subjects Citizens and Others written by Benno Gammerl and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bosnian Muslims, East African Masai, Czech-speaking Austrians, North American indigenous peoples, and Jewish immigrants from across Europe—the nineteenth-century British and Habsburg Empires were characterized by incredible cultural and racial-ethnic diversity. Notwithstanding their many differences, both empires faced similar administrative questions as a result: Who was excluded or admitted? What advantages were granted to which groups? And how could diversity be reconciled with demands for national autonomy and democratic participation? In this pioneering study, Benno Gammerl compares Habsburg and British approaches to governing their diverse populations, analyzing imperial formations to reveal the legal and political conditions that fostered heterogeneity.
Download or read book The Power of Scripture written by Andreas Pečar and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2021-12-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In England, from the Reformation era to the outbreak of the Civil War, religious authority contributed to popular political discourse in ways that significantly shaped the legitimacy of the monarchy as a form of rule as well as the monarch’s ability to act politically. The Power of Scripture casts aside parochial conceptualizations of that authority’s origins and explores the far-reaching consequences of political biblicism. It shows how arguments, narratives, and norms taken from Biblical scripture not only directly contributed to national religious politics but also left lasting effects on the socio-political development of Stuart England.
Download or read book Visions of Greater India written by Yorim Spoelder and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the transimperial knowledge networks of 'Greater India' energized the interwar nationalist, internationalist and anti-colonial imagination in British India.
Download or read book GRASPED Digging Deeper written by Steven Brough and published by GRASPED Digital. This book was released on 2024-02-24 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "GRASPED Digging Deeper: Unearthing the Past to Innovate Future Marketing Strategies" embarks on a unique exploration, likening the meticulous work of archaeology to the dynamic field of marketing. This book delves into the historical layers of consumer behavior, branding evolution, and the shift from traditional to digital marketing tools. Offering a novel perspective, it guides marketing professionals, historians, and strategists on leveraging past insights to craft innovative future strategies, making it a vital read for those looking to build enduring brands and engaging campaigns. The unique selling proposition of "GRASPED Digging Deeper" is its innovative approach to marketing through the lens of archaeology. By analyzing the past, this book provides a framework for predicting future trends and crafting strategies that are both insightful and forward-thinking. It stands out for its ability to combine historical wisdom with modern marketing practices, appealing to professionals eager to integrate depth, context, and foresight into their marketing initiatives. "GRASPED Digging Deeper: Unearthing the Past to Innovate Future Marketing Strategies" offers a groundbreaking approach to understanding and applying the lessons of history to modern marketing challenges. By exploring the parallels between archaeology and marketing, this book uncovers the timeless principles of human behavior and cultural evolution that underpin successful marketing strategies. It invites readers on a journey through the layers of consumer trends, branding, and the evolution of marketing tools, providing a foundation for innovative and effective marketing in today's dynamic environment.
Download or read book Commemorating and Forgetting written by Martin J. Murray and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the past is painful, as riddled with violence and injustice as it is in postapartheid South Africa, remembrance presents a problem at once practical and ethical: how much of the past to preserve and recollect and how much to erase and forget if the new nation is to ever unify and move forward? The new South Africa’s confrontation of this dilemma is Martin J. Murray’s subject in Commemorating and Forgetting. More broadly, this book explores how collective memory works—how framing events, persons, and places worthy of recognition and honor entails a selective appropriation of the past, not a mastery of history. How is the historical past made to appear in the present? In addressing these questions, Murray reveals how collective memory is stored and disseminated in architecture, statuary, monuments and memorials, literature, and art—“landscapes of remembrance” that selectively recall and even fabricate history in the service of nation-building. He examines such vehicles of memory in postapartheid South Africa and parses the stories they tell—stories by turn sanitized, distorted, embellished, and compressed. In this analysis, Commemorating and Forgetting marks a critical move toward recognizing how the legacies and impositions of white minority rule, far from being truly past, remain embedded in, intertwined with, and imprinted on the new nation’s here and now.
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Download or read book Through the Flames How Fire Shaped Humanity written by ChatStick Team and published by ChatStick Team. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a Fascinating Journey with "Through the Flames: How Fire Shaped Humanity" - A Story of Fire's Power to Create, Transform, and Inspire! Discover the extraordinary story of humanity's oldest ally—fire. In this enthralling eBook, "Through the Flames: How Fire Shaped Humanity," we explore the profound impact that fire has had on the evolution of human civilization. From the very spark that ignited our ancient world, fire has been a tool for survival, a means to power, and a symbol of enlightenment. 🔥 The Discovery That Changed Everything Journey back to the beginning, where the discovery of fire illuminated the path of evolution, warming the cold, warding off darkness, and cooking the first meals that nourished the growth of the human brain. 🛠️ Fire as the First Tool Learn how our ancestors harnessed the power of fire, transforming it from a wild, elemental force into a resource for warmth, safety, and community building—a foundation upon which our societies were built. 🍲 A Cultural Hearthstone Feast upon stories of communal cooking and its role in shaping cultures, uniting communities, and sparking the earliest conversations that would fan the flames of language and storytelling. 🏙️ The Architect of Modernity Trace the role of fire in driving industry and innovation, from the heat of the blacksmith's forge to the combustion engines that powered the Industrial Revolution. 🚒 A Delicate Balance As we face the challenges of wildfire and climate change, "Through the Flames" sheds light on modern firefighting and environmental management, ensuring that fire remains a force for good in the natural world. 🌟 Looking to the Future Speculate on the future role of fire, considering its enduring influence and potential to further human progress—from new energy frontiers to the vast expanses of space. "Through the Flames" is more than a book; it's a captivating tale of transformation, resilience, and hope. Author [Author Name] combines meticulous research with a storyteller's flair to illuminate fire's lasting legacy on humanity. ✨ Dive into this illuminating eBook and rediscover fire—not just as a primal element, but as a pivotal character in the ongoing narrative of human progress.
Download or read book Curiosities of the Past written by Zahid Ameer and published by Zahid Ameer. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into history's weirdest corners! Unearthing Strange Facts from History unveils incredible true stories that will shock and surprise you.
Download or read book Veiled in Moonlight A Fiction Romance Novella written by Rick Anthony and published by Rick Anthony. This book was released on with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the depths of a forgotten forest, where moonbeams bathed the world in their ethereal glow, a love story unfolded. It was a tale of two souls, each bearing their own burdens, yet drawn together by an irresistible force. In this timeless romance, a male vampire named Adrian would find his heart captivated by the gentle spirit of a blind human girl named Evelyn. Their encounter was unexpected, a serendipitous moment that would forever change the course of their lives. Adrian, burdened by the weight of immortality, wandered the shadows in search of solace. It was in those moonlit nights that he stumbled upon Evelyn, her blindness no barrier to the radiance that emanated from her very being. Theirs was a love that defied logic and surpassed the boundaries of the physical world. Adrian, drawn to Evelyn's inner light, could not resist the allure of her gentle spirit. And Evelyn, in turn, felt a profound connection to Adrian, sensing the depth of his soul despite her inability to see him with her eyes. As their story unfolded, Adrian and Evelyn faced countless challenges, their love tested by the shadows that threatened to engulf them. They embarked on a journey of self-discovery, confronting their fears and insecurities, and learning to embrace their shadows as integral parts of their beings. In the moonlit nights, they discovered the transformative power of vulnerability, compassion, and unconditional love. Their path was not without its share of passionate moments, as desire and longing ignited fiery encounters that brought them closer together. In the moonlit nights, their bodies and souls intertwined, exploring the depths of intimacy and connection that could only be born from such an extraordinary love. But their journey was not solely filled with joy and passion. As the story unfolded, Adrian and Evelyn encountered heartbreak and faced seemingly insurmountable obstacles that tested the very foundation of their love. Yet, through it all, they clung to the belief that their connection was something extraordinary, a love that transcended the boundaries of their individual worlds. In the dance of destiny and the embracing of shadows, Adrian and Evelyn discovered the profound power of their love to heal, transform, and transcend. They learned that true love knows no limitations and can defy the odds, even in the face of heartbreak and uncertainty. And in the moonlit nights that guided their journey, they found solace, strength, and the eternal presence of their love forever veiled in the enchanting glow of the moon. This is the story of Adrian and Evelyn, a tale of two souls who dared to embrace the extraordinary, surrendering to the intoxicating allure of their love. Join them as they navigate the intricacies of fate, grapple with their inner demons, and dance through the chapters of their intertwined destinies. Embark on a journey filled with passion, challenges, and the timeless beauty of a love that is forever veiled in moonlight.
