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Author:

Niaz, Ilhan, author.

Title:

The state during the British Raj : imperial government in South Asia, 1700-1947 / Ilhan Niaz.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

xiii, 312 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
British--India--History.
India--Politics and government--19th century.
India--Politics and governmen--18th century.
British Occupation of India (1765-1947)
British.
Politics and government.
India.
1700-1947
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-305) 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:

019940853X
9780199408535

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1130326936

LCCN:

2019314499

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)