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Annexation and the Unhappy Valley : The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization / by Matthew A. Cook.

By: Cook, Matthew A [author.].
Material type: TextTextSeries: European expansion and indigenous response, volume 19.Publisher: London : Brill, 2016Description: xxv, 261 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9789004293663 (hardback : acidfree paper).Subject(s): East India Company -- History -- 19th century | Imperialism -- History -- 19th century | Ethnohistory -- Pakistan -- Sindh | Sindh (Pakistan) -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century | Indus River Valley -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Territorial expansion -- History -- 19th century | Sindh (Pakistan) -- Politics and government -- 19th century | Sindh (Pakistan) -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 19th centuryAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Annexation and the unhappy valleyDDC classification: 954.918031
Contents:
General editor's foreword -- A note on the spelling of Sindh -- Cast of characters and glossary -- Merchants and the East India Company in Sindh -- Conspiracy and military-fiscalism -- Just governance and colonial violence -- Court over board -- Afterword -- Appendix: Anthropology, context and archives.
Scope and content: "Annexation and the Unhappy Valley : The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization addresses the nineteenth century expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs a fine-grained, nuanced and situated reading of multiple agents and their actions. It explores how the political and administrative incorporation of territory (i.e. annexation) by East India Company informs the conversion of intra-cultural distinctions into socio-historical conflicts among the colonized and colonizers. The book focuses on colonial direct rule, rather than the more commonly studied indirect rule, of South Asia. It socio-culturally explores how agents, perspectives and intentions vary--both within and across regions--to impact the actions and structures of colonial governance"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-254) and index.

General editor's foreword -- A note on the spelling of Sindh -- Cast of characters and glossary -- Merchants and the East India Company in Sindh -- Conspiracy and military-fiscalism -- Just governance and colonial violence -- Court over board -- Afterword -- Appendix: Anthropology, context and archives.

"Annexation and the Unhappy Valley : The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization addresses the nineteenth century expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs a fine-grained, nuanced and situated reading of multiple agents and their actions. It explores how the political and administrative incorporation of territory (i.e. annexation) by East India Company informs the conversion of intra-cultural distinctions into socio-historical conflicts among the colonized and colonizers. The book focuses on colonial direct rule, rather than the more commonly studied indirect rule, of South Asia. It socio-culturally explores how agents, perspectives and intentions vary--both within and across regions--to impact the actions and structures of colonial governance"--Provided by publisher.

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