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"The Routledge Handbook of the History of Colonialism in South Asia provides a comprehensive overview of the historiographical specialisation and sophistication of the history of colonialism in South Asia. It explores the classic works of earlier generations of historians and offers an introduction to the rapid and multifaceted development of historical research on colonial South Asia since the 1990s. Covering economic history, political history and social history and offering insights from other disciplines and 'turns' within the mainstream of history, the handbook is structured in six parts: Overarching Themes and Debates, The World of Economy and Labour, Creating and keeping Order: Science, Race, Religion, Law and Education, Environment and Space, Culture, Media and the Everyday, Colonial South Asia in the World. The editors have assembled a group of leading international scholars of South Asian history and related disciplines to introduce a broad readership into the respective sub-fields and research topics. Designed to serve as a comprehensive and nuanced yet readable introduction to the vast field of the history of colonialism in the Indian subcontinent, the handbook will be of interest to researchers and students in the fields of South Asian history, Imperial and Colonial History and Global and World History"--

Introduction: The history of colonialism in South Asia : cutting out paths through the historiographical jungle -- Part I. Overarching themes and debates. Caste in British India : between continuity and colonial construction, and beyond -- The political economy of colonialism in India -- State formation in India : from the company state to the late colonial state -- Nationalism and their discontents in colonial India -- Reordering religion in colonial South Asia -- Reconstituting masculinities/femininities : modern experiences -- Contested history : the rise of communalism and the partition of British India -- The Ra's uncanny other : indirect rule and the princely states -- Part II. The world of economy and labour. The emergence of a 'modern' urban-industrial workforce in India, 1860-1914 -- Military labour markets in colonial India from the company state to the Second World War -- Merchants, moneylenders, karkhanedars, and the emergence of the informal sector -- Indian big business under the company and the Raj -- Revenue extraction in colonial South Asia -- Part III. Creating and keeping order : science, race, religion, law, and education. The science and medicine of colonial India -- Race in colonial South Asia : science and the law -- 'A race apart'? The European community in colonial India -- Christian missionary agendas in colonial India -- Penal law, penology, and prisons in colonial India -- Terrorism and counter-terrorism in colonial India -- Schooling the subcontinent : state, space, and society, and the dynamics of education in colonial South Asia -- Part IV. Environment and space. Of lives and landscapes : the environmental history of colonial South Asia -- Questioning 'railway-centrism' : infrastructural governance and cultures of the colonial transport system, 1760s-1900s -- Colonial port cities and the infrastructure of empire : tracing the geography of alcohol in British colonial India -- Site of deficiency and the site of hope : the village in colonial South Asia -- Imperial sanctuaries : the hill stations of colonial South Asia -- The agrarian history of colonial South Asia -- Part V. Culture, media and the everyday. Physical culture and the body in colonial India, c. 1800-1947 -- Before Bollywood : Bombay cinema and the rise of the film industry in late colonial India -- Rhythms of the Raj : music in colonial South Asia -- Consumer practices and 'consumerism' in late colonial India -- Food and intoxicants in British India -- Languages, literatures, and the public sphere -- Emotions, senses, and the perception of the self -- Part VI. Colonial South Asia in the world. Women, migration, and travel from colonial India -- Debates on citizenship in colonial South Asia and global political thought (c.1880-1950) -- South Asia and South Asians in the worldwide web of anti-colonial solidarity -- Disruptive entanglements : South Asia and South Asians in the world wars -- Indian humanitarianism under colonial rule : imperial loyalty, national self-assertion, and anti-colonial emancipation -- Famine relief in colonial South Asia, 1858-1947 : regional and global perspectives.

Includes bibliographical references and index

"Born at a traditional Inuit camp in what is now Nunavut, Joan Scottie has spent decades protecting the Inuit hunting way of life, most famously with her long battle against the uranium mining industry. Twice, Scottie and her community of Baker Lake successfully stopped a proposed uranium mine. Working with geographer Warren Bernauer and social scientist Jack Hicks, Scottie here tells the history of her community's decades-long fight against uranium mining. Scottie's I Will Live for Both of Us is a reflection on recent political and environmental history and a call for a future in which Inuit traditional laws and values are respected and upheld. Drawing on Scottie's rich and storied life, together with document research by Bernauer and Hicks, their book brings the perspective of a hunter, Elder, grandmother, and community organizer to bear on important political developments and conflicts in the Canadian Arctic since the Second World War. In addition to telling the story of her community's struggle against the uranium industry, I Will Live for Both of Us discusses gender relations in traditional Inuit camps, the emotional dimensions of colonial oppression, Inuit experiences with residential schools, the politics of gold mining, and Inuit traditional laws regarding the land and animals. A collaboration between three committed activists, I Will Live for Both of Us provides key insights into Inuit history, Indigenous politics, resource management, and the nuclear industry."--