{"product_id":"to-raise-a-fallen-people-the-nineteenthcentury-origins-of-indian-views-on-international-politics-9780231206440","title":"To Raise a Fallen People The NineteenthCentury","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Raise a Fallen People\u003c\/i\u003e brings to light pioneering writing on international politics from nineteenth-century India. Drawing on extensive archival research, it unearths essays, speeches, and pamphlets that address fundamental questions about India’s place in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeign observers are often puzzled and sometimes frustrated by what they see as India’s ambivalence about embracing the role of a classic great power. In this rich and original study, Rahul Sagar digs deep into the intellectual history of the nineteenth century to unearth the roots of contemporary debates on this issue. Essential reading for anyone interested in the past, present, and future of Indian foreign policy. -- Aaron L. Friedberg, author of \u003ci\u003eGetting China Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in this volume shed light on a variety of approaches Indian intellectuals held on international issues prior to the independence struggle which started in earnest in the 1920s. It shows the connections between nineteenth and twentieth-century thinking, reflecting an evolutionary process in Indian views on world affairs. A must read for scholars and practitioners alike. -- T. V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University\u003cbr\u003eA superb addition to the growing literature on global IR, Indian international thought, Indian foreign policy ideas, and Indian identity and nationalism. Sagar’s anthology is masterfully curated from a trove of writings going back to the nineteenth century and features a pitch-perfect introduction. -- Kanti Bajpai, Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies, National University of Singapore\u003cbr\u003eThis magnificent anthology is an indispensable resource for the ideas that shaped India's modernity. It is a product of brilliant, painstaking and innovative scholarship, that opens us so many new intellectual vistas. These judiciously selected pieces will unsettle assumptions about how Indians thought of themselves. -- Pratap Bhanu Mehta, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Burden of Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn impressive and illuminating anthology. -- James Crabtree * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003eSagar’s scholarship offers nothing short of a profound intellectual service to South Asianists, intellectual historians, and International Relations scholars. -- Martin J. Bayly, London School of Economics and Political Science * H-Diplo *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eEditorial Note\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Regaining Greatness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. English Education\u003cbr\u003e2. Sea Voyages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Critiques\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. The Great Game\u003cbr\u003e4. The Eastern Question\u003cbr\u003e5. Free Trade\u003cbr\u003e6. Racism\u003cbr\u003e7. The Opium Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The Great Debate\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. To Learn from the West\u003cbr\u003e9. To Teach the West\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400370200919,"sku":"9780231206440","price":93.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231206440.jpg?v=1730470521","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/to-raise-a-fallen-people-the-nineteenthcentury-origins-of-indian-views-on-international-politics-9780231206440","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}