Gagan D S Sood

India and the Islamic Heartlands

An Eighteenth-Century World of Circulation and Exchange

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Produktbeschreibung

Gagan D. S. Sood recaptures a vanished and forgotten world that spanned India and the Islamic heartlands in the eighteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 353
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781107121270
• ISBN-10: 1107121272
• Artikelnr.: 43918172

Autorenporträt

Gagan D. S. Sood is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Educated at the University of Cambridge and Yale University, Connecticut, Dr Sood received his doctorate from Yale's Department of History. Before arriving at the LSE, he held research and teaching positions at the University of Cambridge, the European University Institute, Florence, and Yale University.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue
Introduction
1. Cognitive patterns: approaching the world
2. A cosmic order: the meaning and end of life
3. A familial order: ties of blood, duty and affect
4. A relational order: intimates, strangers and plurality
5. A communications order: language, writing and couriers
6. A political order: temporal authority and governance
7. Everyday practices: indispensable skills and techniques
8. Flows and interactions: the arena's connective tissue
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.