Robert Travers (New York Cornell University)

Empires of Complaints

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Produktbeschreibung

Robert Travers explores the Mughal and Persianate context for colonial state-formation in eighteenth century Bengal. By examining the interactions between colonial authorities and Indian petitioners, he shows how the British reinterpreted and reconstituted Mughal law to suit their new Indian empire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 588g
• ISBN-13: 9781009123389
• ISBN-10: 1009123386
• Artikelnr.: 63699706

Autorenporträt

Robert Travers is Associate Professor of History at Cornell University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Petitioning, taxation and law in eighteenth century Bengal: the context for empire
2. Recasting Mughal law: company justice after 1772
3. Zamindari succession disputes and Persianate Hindu law
4. 'At the Durbar' in Calcutta: Banians, revenue farming, and the politics of landed debt
5. A jagirdar's lament: an Indo-Persian historian's appeal to the British empire
6. Conclusion: the making and remaking of a colonial judicial state (c.1780¿1793)
Select bibliography.