{"product_id":"local-states-in-an-imperial-roy-s-fischel-9781474436076","title":"Local States in an Imperial World: Identity, Society and Politics in the Early Modern Deccan","description":"\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the Deccan Sultanates of 16th- and 17th-century central India, \u003cem\u003eLocal States in an Imperial World\u003c\/em\u003e promotes the idea that some polities of the time were not aspiring to be empires. Instead of the universalist and hierarchical vision typical of the language of empire, the sultanates presented another brand of state - one that prefers negotiation, flexibility and plurality of languages, religions and cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding on theories of early modernity, empire, cosmopolitanism and vernaculars, Roy Fischel considers the components that shaped state and society: people, identities and idioms. He presents a frame for understanding the Deccan Sultanates as a rare case of the early modern non-imperial state, shedding light both on the region and on the imperial world surrounding it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy S. Fischel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474436072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474436076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Roy S. Fischel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44410814005503,"sku":"9781474436076","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5cacbee6-647d-4b9b-8359-815b97f55123.jpg?v=1697537839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/local-states-in-an-imperial-roy-s-fischel-9781474436076","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}