The Indian Princes and Their States

by Barbara N. Ramusack and Ramusack Barbara N.

Book Overview

Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the disintegration of the princely states after independence. Ramusack's synthesis has a broad temporal span, tracing the evolution of the Indian kings from their pre-colonial origins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521039894
• ISBN13: 9780521039895
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"