Expanding Frontiers in South Asian and World History: Essays in Honour of John F. Richards - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1107034280 ISBN 13: 9781107034280

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description:

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.

About the Author:

Munis D. Faruqui is an historian and Associate Professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He focuses on the Muslim experience in South Asia, especially during the Mughal period. His books include Princes of the Mughal Empire, 1504-1719 (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and the edited volume Religious Interactions in Mughal India (co-edited with Vasudha Dalmia). His various journal articles have interrogated the creation of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605), the founding decades (c.1720-40) of the princely state of Hyderabad, and the relationship between religion and politics in the life and work of the Mughal prince, Dara Shukoh (1615-59). He is currently working on a book re-evaluating the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (r.1658-1707).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1107034280
• ISBN 13: 9781107034280
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 377
• Editor: Eaton Richard M., Faruqui Munis D., Gilmartin David, Kumar Sunil