Annexation and the unhappy valley : the historical anthropology of Sindh's colonization

Annexation and the unhappy valley : the historical anthropology of Sindh's colonization / by Matthew A. Cook.

"Annexation and the Unhappy Valley : The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization addresses the nineteenth century expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs a fine-grained, nuanced and...

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Main Author: Cook, Matthew A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:European expansion and indigenous response ; v. 19.
Subjects:
East India Company > History > 19th century.
East India Company
1800-1899
Imperialism > History > 19th century.
Ethnohistory > Pakistan > Sindh.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
British colonies
Colonization
Ethnic relations
Ethnohistory
Imperialism
Politics and government
Territorial expansion
Sindh (Pakistan) > Colonization > History > 19th century.
Indus River Valley > Colonization > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > Asia > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Territorial expansion > History > 19th century.
Sindh (Pakistan) > Politics and government > 19th century.
Sindh (Pakistan) > Ethnic relations > History > 19th century.
Asia
Asia > Indus River Valley
Great Britain
Pakistan > Sindh
History
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Table of Contents:
  • General editor's foreword
  • A note on the spelling of Sindh
  • Cast of characters and glossary
  • Merchants and the East India Company in Sindh
  • Conspiracy and military-fiscalism
  • Just governance and colonial violence
  • Court over board
  • Afterword
  • Appendix: Anthropology, context and archives.

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