India's Princely States: People, Princes and Colonialism

Book Overview

This is an invaluable work looking into new areas relating to India's princely states. Based on an abundance of rarely used archival material, the book sheds new light on diversities related to the princely states such as health policies and practices, gender issues, the states' military contribution or the mechanisms for controlling or integrating the states.

Contributions are from international, reputable scholars, and they present historiographic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415586143
• ISBN13: 9780415586146
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"