Tall Tales and True. India, Historiography and British Imperial Imaginings.
Clayton. Monash University Press. 2008. Stock ID #213039 "This book presents new ways of considering colonial India by re-examining eight emblematic stories. The structure of the collection is modelled on the dominant imperial narrative - not in order to replicate it but to demonstrated how it can be chaallenged or undermined. The people and events evoked here are: the Black Hole of Calcutta, Governor-General Warren Hastings, Tipu Sultan of Mysore, Arthur Wellesley and the battle of Assaye, the Sikh Maharaja Ranjit Singh, William Leeman and the thugs, and the Indian Revolt of 1857-58. It concludes with an examination of the life of Madan Mohan Malaviya, an ambiguous figure who has been difficult to place in conventional narratives of Indian nationalism." - Publisher's description. When referring to this item please quote stockid 213039.
Maps, black and white illustrations, x + 142pp, bibliography, paperback in very good condition.
Price: $28.00 AU