Author: Henry Mortimer DurandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Life of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
Author: Henry Mortimer DurandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Life of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
Author: Henry Mortimer DurandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Life of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall
Author: Henry Mortimer DurandPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293598634
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Life of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall: P.C., K.C.B., G.C.I.E., D.C.L., LL.D
Author: Henry Mortimer DurandPublisher:
ISBN: 9781375537469
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
Life of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred Comyn Lyall, P. C. , K. C. B. , G. C. I. E. , D. C. L. , LL. D
Author: Henry Mortimer Sir DurandPublisher:
ISBN: 9781345596632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Frontiers into Borders
Author: Ainslie T. EmbreePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190990171
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
The contemporary status of the eight South Asian nations was determined by the creation of the British Indian empire and the process of decolonization. This book by the late Ainslie T. Embree is an insightful exploration of how the boundaries of these states were created between 1757 and 1857. During these one hundred years, political and military developments in the Indian subcontinent made a significant impact upon the definition of borders as they (almost) exist today. The narrative begins after Aurangzeb’s death, when vast areas of the Mughal Empire were taken over by regional powers, following which the East India Company swiftly expanded its territory, thus altering the boundaries of the region. Embree explores the meaning of ‘boundaries’ and ‘frontiers’; while the British stressed on ‘natural frontiers’, those shaped by natural landscapes, there was also the French sense of ‘natural borders’, which represented state borders reflecting social composition. Artfully written, with a careful examination of archival materials from England and India, this book reveals the colonial and local interests at work while modern states were carved into being.
'Only Connect'
Author: William C. LubenowPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1783270462
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
In nineteenth-century Britain, learned societies and clubs became contested sites in which a new kind of identity was created: the charisma and persona of the scholar, of the intellectual.
A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Rationalists
Author: Joseph McCabePublisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The term rationalism, dating from around the middle of the 17th century, is usually understood as the philosophical outlook which stresses the power of reason over faith, emotion or instinct. This text collects together those figures who have championed the cause of rationalism over three centuries, including theists, pantheists, atheists, materialists, agnostics, secularists, monists, and positivists. It contains not only philosophers but teachers of science, political theorists, historians, and artists. Each entry in the book lists the subject's birth and death dates, details of their education and occupation, and evidence of their rationalist views. European, American and minor figures are included.
The Encyclopaedia Britannica
Author: Thomas Spencer BaynesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
Women, Horse Sports and Liberation
Author: Erica MunkwitzPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429559380
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
*Shortlisted for the 2022 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize* This book is the first, full-length scholarly examination of British women’s involvement in equestrianism from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, as well as the corresponding transformations of gender, class, sport, and national identity in Britain and its Empire. It argues that women’s participation in horse sports transcended limitations of class and gender in Britain and highlights the democratic ethos that allowed anyone skilled enough to ride and hunt – from chimney-sweep to courtesan. Furthermore, women’s involvement in equestrianism reshaped ideals of race and reinforced imperial ideology at the zenith of the British Empire. Here, British women abandoned the sidesaddle – which they had been riding in for almost half a millennium – to ride astride like men, thus gaining complete equality on horseback. Yet female equestrians did not seek further emancipation in the form of political rights. This paradox – of achieving equality through sport but not through politics – shows how liberating sport was for women into the twentieth century. It brings into question what “emancipation” meant in practice to women in Britain from the eighteenth through twentieth centuries. This is fascinating reading for scholars of sports history, women's history, British history, and imperial history, as well as those interested in the broader social, gendered, and political histories of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and for all equestrian enthusiasts.