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The king and the people sovereignty and popular politics in Mughal Delhi Abishek Kaicker

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: New York Oxford University Press 2020Description: xiii, 351 Seiten Illustrationen, KartenContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen
Carrier type:
  • Band
ISBN:
  • 9780190070670
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; Erscheint auch als: The king and the people; Erscheint auch als: The king and the people; Erscheint auch als: The king and the peopleDDC classification:
  • 954/.56025 23
LOC classification:
  • DS461
Other classification:
  • 15.77
Online resources: Summary: "An unprecedented exploration of the relationship between the Mughal emperor and his subjects in the space of the Mughal empire's capital, The King and the People overturns an axiomatic assumption in the history of premodern South Asia: that the urban masses were merely passive objects of rule and remained unable to express collective political aspirations until the coming of colonialism. Set in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (Delhi) from its founding to Nadir Shah's devastating invasion of 1739, this book instead shows how the trends and events in the second half of the seventeenth century inadvertently set the stage for the emergence of the people as actors in a regime which saw them only as the ruled"--
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single unit book single unit book HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Foyer – Showcase F (Affiliated) F:DS461 .K216 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Hardcover 2025-0026

Includes bibliographical references and index

"An unprecedented exploration of the relationship between the Mughal emperor and his subjects in the space of the Mughal empire's capital, The King and the People overturns an axiomatic assumption in the history of premodern South Asia: that the urban masses were merely passive objects of rule and remained unable to express collective political aspirations until the coming of colonialism. Set in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (Delhi) from its founding to Nadir Shah's devastating invasion of 1739, this book instead shows how the trends and events in the second half of the seventeenth century inadvertently set the stage for the emergence of the people as actors in a regime which saw them only as the ruled"--

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