British encounters with India, 1750-1830 :
Published by : Palgrave Macmillan, (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; | New York :) Physical details: xv, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:9780230231436 (pbk.).Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Library | Available | OCHS17010030 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- List of Maps and Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Politics and Interaction -- Physical and Natural Descriptions -- Religion, Philosopy and Linguistics -- South Asian Culture -- Gender and Social Relations -- Locality and Metropole -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
"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"--