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Studies Tod's relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers. -- .

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Tod as an observer of landscape in Rajasthan and Gujarat
2. Tod as anthropologist: trying to understand
3. Tod’s practice of science in India: voyages through empirical common sense
4. Tod’s use of romanticism in his textual constructions of Rajasthan and Gujarat
5. Tod’s romantic approach as opposed to James Mill’s utilitarian approach to British government in India
6. Tod’s knowledge exchanges with his contemporaries
Conclusion
Index

Knowledge mediation and empire

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719090806, 978-0719090806
      ISBN10: 0719090806

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Studies Tod's relationships with particular Rajput leaders and with the Rajputs as a group in general, in order to better understand his attempts to portray their history, geographical moorings and social customs to British and European readers. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Tod as an observer of landscape in Rajasthan and Gujarat
      2. Tod as anthropologist: trying to understand
      3. Tod’s practice of science in India: voyages through empirical common sense
      4. Tod’s use of romanticism in his textual constructions of Rajasthan and Gujarat
      5. Tod’s romantic approach as opposed to James Mill’s utilitarian approach to British government in India
      6. Tod’s knowledge exchanges with his contemporaries
      Conclusion
      Index

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