ENGLISH

The Emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency 1870-1920

By D. A. Washbrook

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9780521053457, 9780511563430, 052120982X, 0521053455, 0511563434, 9780521209823
LCC
DS485.M28 W37
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (2635230 bytes)
Series
Cambridge South Asian Studies
Edition
1
Pages
367\367
Topic
History
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book examines an important period of transition in the political structure of South India. The first three-quarters of a century of British rule, down to the 1870s, had effectively torn apart and fragmented the political institutions of the South, and had left a highly parochial political society in which loyalties seldom extended beyond face-to-face relationships and power was extremely localized. This lack of significant supra-local political connections contributed to the Madras Presidency's reputation as the most 'benighted' of all Indian provinces.

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