The Princes of India in the Endgame of Empire, 1917-1947 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521894364)

Ian Copland's fascinating study of the role played by the Indian princes in the devolution of British colonial power rehabilitates the maharajahs and nawabs of South Asia as subjects for serious historical debate. The author goes on to chart their political demise under the successor congress government in New Delhi, and asks how and why it happened so quickly. The book will add a new dimension to the political history of later colonial India, and will also impact upon the wider history of the twentieth-century British Empire.

Author: Ian Copland
ISBN-10: 0521894360
ISBN-13: 9780521894364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/16/2002
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.82d