Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History
Essays in Honour of John F. Richards
Sunil Kumar editor Richard M Eaton editor Munis D Faruqui editor David Gilmartin editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:7th Mar '13
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The book encapsulates discussions under the rubric of 'frontiers' in multiple contexts.
This volume celebrates the work of Professor John Richards who significantly changed our understanding of the Mughals and environmental history. The essays here underline the range of interests and approaches that marked Professor Richards' career - frontiers and state building; frontiers and environmental change; cultural frontiers; and frontiers and world history.This book has brought together some of the foremost scholars of South Asian and global history, who were colleagues and associates of Professor John F. Richards, to discuss themes that marked his work as a historian in an academic career of almost forty years. It encapsulates discussions under the rubric of 'frontiers' in multiple contexts. Frontier has often been conceived as a space of transformation marking new forms of economic organization, commodity trade, land settlement and state authority. The essays here underline the range of interests and approaches that marked Professor Richards' illustrious career - frontiers and state building; frontiers and environmental change; cultural frontiers; frontiers, trade and drugs; and frontiers and world history. The volume discusses issues from medieval to early modern South Asian history. It also reflects a concern for large-scale global processes and for the detailed specificities of each historical case as evident in Professor Richards' work.
ISBN: 9781107034280
Dimensions: 237mm x 164mm x 31mm
Weight: 660g
377 pages