Hayden J Bellenoit: 2 books
The Formation of the Colonial State in India
Scribes, Paper and Taxes, 1760-1860
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
In the period between the 1770s and 1840s, through the process of colonial state formation, the early colonial state in India was able to harness and extract vast amounts of agrarian wealth in north India. However, little is known of the histories of the Indian scribes and the role they played in...
by Hayden J A Bellenoit
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Contributes simultaneously to both British imperial and Indian history. This work demonstrates that missionary understandings and interactions with India, rather than being party to imperial ideologies, often diverged from metropolitan and imperial norms.