Nandini Chatterjee (University of Exeter)

Negotiating Mughal Law

A Family of Landlords Across Three Indian Empires

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Produktbeschreibung

In this innovative, micro-historical approach to law, empire and society in India from the Mughal to the colonial period, Nandini Chatterjee explores the dramatic, multi-generational story of a family of Indian landlords negotiating the laws of three empires: Mughal, Maratha and British. This title is also available as Open Access.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781108736961
• ISBN-10: 1108736963
• Artikelnr.: 64360188

Autorenporträt

Nandini Chatterjee is Associate Professor of History at the University of Exeter. She has published widely on the British and Mughal empires, including her book The Making of Indian Secularism: Empire, Law and Christianity, 1830-1950 (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Malwa: land of many empires
2. Zamindars: lords of the marches
3. Contractors: engaging the state
4. Transactions: recording deals
5. Disputes: judges and courts
6. Invaders: marathas and the British
7. Identity: professionals or warlords?
Conclusion. Fragments to archives: a methodological manifesto
Appendix. A catalogue of the P Das archive
Glossary.