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  • New Indian Cinema in Post-Independence India

    The Cultural Work of Shyam Benegal’s Films

    Series series Intersections: Colonial and Postcolonial Histories
    Shyam Benegal is an Indian director and screenwriter whose work is considered central to New Indian cinema. By closely analysing several of Benegal’s films, this book provides an understanding of India’s post-independence history.The book examines the filmmaker’s focus on women by highlighting his subtle and critical engagement with a truism of Indian nationalism: women’s centrality to the (nation ... Leer más

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  • The Chaos of Empire

    The British Raj and the Conquest of India

    de Jon Wilson ...
    A sweeping history of the conquest of India by the British, from the first faltering trading stations to the marbled imperial cities, emphasizing the violence of colonial rule and its chaotic inheritanceThe popular image of the British Raj—an era of efficient but officious governors, sycophantic local functionaries, doting amahs, blisteringly hot days and torrid nights—chronicled by Forster and ... Leer más

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  • Kamasutra 2.0: An Authentic Guide with Description of ALL Postures, Kisses, Embraces from the Sanskrit Original

    de Ravi Soni ...
    Kamasutra 2.0 condenses the expertise of the core parts of Vatsyayana's Kamasutra, the famous two thousand year old Sanskrit treatise which has dominated the erotic love traditions of India, into a simple, essential guide book.This book describes all the sexual postures and methods -- embraces, kisses, nail marks, bites, strikes, and moans – enumerated in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra (as well as some ... Leer más

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  • A Daughter's Memoir of Burma

    Wendy Law-Yone was just fifteen when Burma's military staged a coup and overthrew the civilian government in 1962. The daughter of Ed Law-Yone, the daredevil founder and chief editor of The Nation, Burma's leading postwar English-language newspaper, she experienced firsthand the perils and promises of a newly independent Burma.On the eve of Wendy's studies abroad, Ed Law-Yone was arrested and The ... Leer más

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  • Akbar and the Rise of the Mughal Empire

    *Includes Table of ContentsColonel G.B. Mallesons Akbar and the Rise of the Mughal Empire is a history of the Mughal Empire and its emperors, including Akbar, Babar, and Humayun. A table of contents is included. ... Leer más

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  • Karna

    Series series Indian Kings
    A great hero of the 'Mahabharata'. Kama lived such a life that he became another name for generosity and loyalty. It was his misfortune to be shunned as a person of low caste. To him loyalty was more important than the emperor's throne. He sacrificed his life for his master. ... Leer más

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  • Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59

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    In "Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59," William Forbes-Mitchell provides a vivid and firsthand account of the tumultuous events surrounding the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Written with a reflective tone, the text delves into the complexities of colonial encounters, revealing the duality of admiration and repulsion felt by the British officers. Forbes-Mitchell's narrative weaves personal ... Leer más

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    de Chris Kunz ...
    Nearly a century before Tasmanian Mary Donaldson became Princess Mary of Denmark, the beautiful and talented Sydney-born Elsie Caroline Thompson - a singer, actress, dancer and comedienne - became the first Australian to marry overseas royalty - an Indian maharaja.This is an epic historical novel based on Elsie's remarkable life, written after more than two decades of research, by Elsie's great ... Leer más

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  • A Time for Tea

    Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation

    Series series a John Hope Franklin Center Book
    In this creative, ethnographic, and historical critique of labor practices on an Indian plantation, Piya Chatterjee provides a sophisticated examination of the production, consumption, and circulation of tea. A Time for Tea reveals how the female tea-pluckers seen in advertisements—picturesque women in mist-shrouded fields—came to symbolize the heart of colonialism in India. Chatterjee exposes how ... Leer más

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  • Locked in Place

    State-Building and Late Industrialization in India

    de Vivek Chibber ...
    Why were some countries able to build "developmental states" in the decades after World War II while others were not? Through a richly detailed examination of India's experience, Locked in Place argues that the critical factor was the reaction of domestic capitalists to the state-building project. During the 1950s and 1960s, India launched an extremely ambitious and highly regarded program of ... Leer más

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  • A Sea of Debt

    Law and Economic Life in the Western Indian Ocean, 1780–1950

    Series series Asian Connections
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