The Domination of Strangers: Modern Governance in Eastern India, 1780-1835

Offering a major new interpretation of the transformation of political thought and practice in colonial India, The Domination of Strangers traces the origins of modern ideas about the state and Indian civil society to the practical interaction between the British and their south Asian subjects.

Author: J. Wilson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 10/31/2008
Pages: 242
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 8.56h x 5.95w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780230574533

About the Author
JON E WILSON is Lecturer in History at King's College London. He has degrees in both history and anthropology. His research focuses on the history of modern South Asia, especially Bengal, its relationship to global social and intellectual forces and their contemporary political and philosophical implications.