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Representations of India, 1740-1840

The Creation of India in the Colonial Imagination

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  • © 1998

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  1. Amal Chatterjee
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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction and Historical Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-10

    3. Historical Background

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      Pages 11-27

  3. The British in India

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Traders

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      Pages 31-48

    3. Soldiers

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      Pages 49-66

    4. Administrators

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      Pages 67-83

  4. Indian Religion and Religious Customs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Religion

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      Pages 87-110

    3. Sati

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      Pages 111-124

    4. Thugs

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      Pages 125-141

  5. Indian Society, Government and Rulers

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Indian Society and Indians

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      Pages 145-160

    3. Indian Government and Rulers

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      Pages 161-172

    4. Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan

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      Pages 173-194

  6. Conclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 195-195
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    2. Conclusion

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      Pages 197-202

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 203-237
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About this book

Chatterjee analyzes how writing over the period of a century justified and was affected by the introduction and extension of British domination of India, demonstrating the link between written representations and the ideological, economic and political climate and debates. By showing how the representations of Britons in India, Indian religion and society and government evolved over the period 1740 to 1840, the author fills the gap between the early colonial 'exotic East' and the later 'primitive subject nation' perceptions.

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'Representations of India is lucidly written and its many nuggets of information reveal much about how representations of India informed colonial ideology and action.' - Douglas M. Peers, University of Calgary

About the author

Amal Chatterjee has taught at the universities of Glasgow in the Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Exeter.

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