The Emergence of Provincial Politics: The Madras Presidency 1870–1920 (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 18) - Hardcover

Washbrook, D. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052120982X ISBN 13: 9780521209823

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1976

Synopsis

This book examines an important period of transition in the political structure of South India. The first three-quarters of a century of British rule, down to the 1870s, had effectively torn apart and fragmented the political institutions of the South, and had left a highly parochial political society in which loyalties seldom extended beyond face-to-face relationships and power was extremely localized. This lack of significant supra-local political connections contributed to the Madras Presidency's reputation as the most 'benighted' of all Indian provinces.

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Book Description:

This book examines an important period of transition in the political structure of South India. The first three-quarters of a century of British rule, down to the 1870s, had effectively torn apart and fragmented the political institutions of the South, and had left a highly parochial political society in which loyalties seldom extended beyond face-to-face relationships and power was extremely localized.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 052120982X
• ISBN 13: 9780521209823
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368