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The state during the British Raj : imperial governance in South Asia, 1700-1947 /

Title
The state during the British Raj : imperial governance in South Asia, 1700-1947 / Ilhan Niaz.
Author
Niaz, Ilhan,
Publication
  • Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Description
xiii, 312 pages; 24 cm
Subject
  • 1700-1947
  • British > India > History
  • British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
  • British
  • India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947
  • India > Politics and governmen > 18th century
  • India > Politics and government > 19th century
  • India
  • Politics and government
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-305) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The rise and fall of the house of Timur and the struggle for Timurid imperial succession -- The British Indian state and the emergence of civilian supremacy -- Civilian meritocracy and the higher bureaucracy in British India -- The peace of the realm: law and order and the British empire in India -- Representation and the Raj: The origins and development of South Asian colonial democracy -- The Raj and the sovereign law in India -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780199408535
  • 019940853X
LCCN
2019314499
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library