Mountstuart Elphinstone in South Asia
«'An important volume providing significant insight into Afghanistan's complex history, beginning with European formulations of colonial knowledge from the late 1700s. This is major scholarship.'»
Jim Masselos
Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Lowland Scottish traveller, East India Company civil servant and educator, was one of the principal intellectual architects of British colonial rule in South Asia. Imbued with liberal views, such that Bombay's wealthy founded Elphinstone College in his memory, he pioneered the scholarly, scientific and administrative foundations of imperialism in India. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9781849048361
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 22 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«'An important volume providing significant insight into Afghanistan's complex history, beginning with European formulations of colonial knowledge from the late 1700s. This is major scholarship.'»
Jim Masselos
«'The product of an international collaboration, this collection of essays offers valuable insights on a remarkable statesman-scholar working in early-colonial South Asia, and develops a rich, connected view of the early history of imperialism in the region.'»
Tirthankar Roy
«'The diverse contributions are well researched, with sources ranging widely from East German state archives to... illuminating sources across several centuries. ... The book offers a substantial contemporary evaluation of Elphinstone’s role in and around modern Afghanistan.'»
Asian Affairs Journal
«'Elphinstone's guidance in war and administration in peace furnished models of penetration, bravery, intelligence and wisdom.'»
William Jerdan
«'These fourteen essays explore the methodology and influence of one of the great works of British Indian scholarship. Elphinstone's 'Account of the Kingdom of Caubul' became the 'Bible' of Afghanistan studies and established an enduring framework for the whole corpus of British topographical writing about South Asia.'»
John Keay