Document Raj : writing and scribes in early colonial South India /
Historians of British colonial rule in India have noted both the place of military might and the imposition of new cultural categories in the making of Empire, but Bhavani Raman, in Document Raj, uncovers a lesser-known story of power: the power of bureaucracy. Drawing on extensive archival research...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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| Series: | South Asia across the disciplines.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Scribal practice
- Cutcherry scribes
- Scribal skills
- Writing and pedagogy
- Cutcherry Tamil
- Schools and writing
- Document Raj
- Duplicity and evidence
- Addressing the Raj
- Conclusion.
