Distant Sovereignty: National Imperialism and the Origins of British IndiaIn this broad study of British rule in India during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Sudipta Sen takes up this dual agenda, sketching out the interrelationships between nationalism, imperialism, and identity formation as they played out in both England and South Asia. |
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Distant Sovereignty: National Imperialism and the Origins of British India Sudipta Sen Limited preview - 2002 |
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Distant Sovereignty: National Imperialism and the Origins of British India Sudipta Sen Limited preview - 2002 |
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