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British encounters with India, 1750-1830 : a sourcebook / edited by Tim Keirn, Norbert Schürer.

Title
British encounters with India, 1750-1830 : a sourcebook / edited by Tim Keirn, Norbert Schürer.
Publication
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Keirn, Tim.
  • Schürer, Norbert.
Description
xv, 229 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
"A collection of 18th- and early 19th-century primary texts and images that represent various facets of the cross-cultural interaction between India and Britain. The anthology suggests that for a brief period -- while most Europeans were involved in projects of Empire and domination -- some British envisioned a convergence of cultures"--
Subject
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
  • HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
  • HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
  • HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
  • Anglo-Indian literature > History and criticism
  • Travelers' writings, English > India > History and criticism
  • Indic literature (English) > History and criticism
  • Nationalism and literature > India
  • Great Britain > Relations > History > India > Sources
  • India > Relations > History > Great Britain > Sources
  • Great Britain > Colonies > History > Sources
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Chronology -- Politics and Interaction -- Physical and Natural Descriptions -- Religion, Philosopy and Linguistics -- South Asian Culture -- Gender and Social Relations -- Locality and Metropole -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9780230231436 (pbk.)
  • 0230231438 (pbk.)
  • 9780230231443 (pbk.)
  • 0230231446 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2011034401
OCLC
  • 730914499
  • SCSB-11921337
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library