Verlag: Routledge, 2017
ISBN 10: 113809949X ISBN 13: 9781138099494
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Verlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2024
ISBN 10: 1911723340 ISBN 13: 9781911723349
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Verlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Jan 2024, 2024
ISBN 10: 1911723340 ISBN 13: 9781911723349
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganges flowing south to the Bay of Bengal, is now little known outside of India. Yet for centuries it was a river of truly global significance, attracting merchants, missionaries, mercenaries, statesmen, labourers and others from Europe, Asia and beyond. 'Hooghly' seeks to restore the waterway to the heart of global history. Focusing in turn on the role of and competition between those who struggled to control the river--the Portuguese, the Mughals, the Dutch, the French and finally the British, who built their imperial capital, Calcutta, on its banks--the author considers how the Hooghly was integrated into global networks of encounter and exchange, and the dramatic consequences that ensued. Travelling up and down the river, Robert Ivermee explores themes of enduring concern, among them the dynamics of modern capitalism and the power of large corporations; migration and human trafficking; the role of new technologies in revolutionising social relations; and the human impact on the natural world. The Hooghly's global history, he concludes, may offer lessons for India as it emerges as a world superpower.
Verlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2024
ISBN 10: 1911723340 ISBN 13: 9781911723349
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Zustand: New. The Hooghly, a distributary of the Ganges flowing south to the Bay of Bengal, is now little known outside of India. Yet for centuries it was a river of truly global significance, attracting merchants, missionaries, mercenaries, statesmen, labourers and othe.
Verlag: Hurst & Co. Okt 2020, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787383253 ISBN 13: 9781787383258
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A lyrical history of one of India's great rivers--the entry-point of maritime commercial colonialism, and the life-sustaining waterway of Bengal and its former capital, Calcutta.
Verlag: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2020
ISBN 10: 1787383253 ISBN 13: 9781787383258
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Zustand: NEW. Über den AutorRobert Ivermee is a global and imperial historian focused on colonialism in South Asia. He works in higher education management at SOAS University of London and teaches at the Catholic University of Paris.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Mai 2017, 2017
ISBN 10: 113809949X ISBN 13: 9781138099494
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - During the nineteenth century British officials in India decided that the education system should be exclusively secular. Drawing on sources from public and private archives, Ivermee presents a study of British/Muslim negotiations over the secularization of colonial Indian education and on the changing nature of secularism across space and time.
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) Mai 2015, 2015
ISBN 10: 1848935471 ISBN 13: 9781848935471
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Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - During the nineteenth century British officials in India decided that the education system should be exclusively secular. Drawing on sources from public and private archives, Ivermee presents a study of British/Muslim negotiations over the secularization of colonial Indian education and on the changing nature of secularism across space and time.