{"product_id":"9780415586146","title":"India's Princely States People, Princes and Colonialism","description":"\u003ch3\u003eRoutledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIndia's Princely States\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePeople, Princes and Colonialism\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWaltraud Ernst | Biswamoy Pati\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Asia \/ South \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an invaluable work looking into new areas relating to India's princely states. Based on an abundance of rarely used archival material, the book sheds new light on diversities related to the princely states such as health policies and practices, gender issues, the states’ military contribution or the mechanisms for controlling or integrating the states. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContributions are from international, reputable scholars, and they present historiographic, analytical and methodological approaches, placing attention to concepts, theories and sources. Inter-disciplinary in nature, this book will appeal to scholars and researchers of South Asia, studies of transnational histories, cultural and racial studies, international politics and economic history and the social history of health and medicine. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWaltraud Ernst\u003c\/strong\u003e is Reader in History at the University of Southampton, UK. She has published widely on the history of mental illness in South Asia. Her publications include \u003cem\u003eMad Tales from the Raj\u003c\/em\u003e (1991), \u003cem\u003eRace, Science and Medicine\u003c\/em\u003e (co-edited with B.J. Harris, 1999), \u003cem\u003ePlural Medicine, Tradition and Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e (ed., 2002) and \u003cem\u003eThe Normal and the Abnormal\u003c\/em\u003e (ed., 2006). She is currently completing a book on ‘Mental Illness and Colonialism’ and engaged in a collaborative research project on ‘Colonial Medicine and Indigenous Health Practices in Southern and Eastern Princely States of India, c. 1880-1960’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiswamoy Pati is\u003c\/strong\u003e Reader in the Department of History, Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University, India. His research interests focus on colonial Indian social history. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eIdentity, Hegemony, Resistance: Towards a Social History of Conversions in Orissa, 1800-2000\u003c\/em\u003e (2003); \u003cem\u003eSituating Social History: Orissa, 1800-1997\u003c\/em\u003e (2001); and \u003cem\u003eResisting Domination: Peasants, Tribals and the National Movement in Orissa, 1920-1950\u003c\/em\u003e (1993). He has co-edited \u003cem\u003eHealth, Medicine and Empire: Perspectives on Colonial India\u003c\/em\u003e (with Mark Harrison, 2001; 2006). His edited book, \u003cem\u003eThe 1857 Rebellion: Debates in Indian History and Society\u003c\/em\u003e is due for release in June 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e08 April 2010\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTaylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRoutledge\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780415586146\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e234\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.25\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63547298676876,"sku":"9780415586146","price":62.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780415586146","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}