The Formation of the Colonial State in India: Scribes, Paper and Taxes, 1760-1860

ISBN-13: 9781138347571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 220 str.

USA) Hayden J. (US Naval Academy Bellenoit

Opis

This book offers a new way of investigating the colonial state’s origins in north India. It examines how the formation of early agrarian revenue settlements exacerbated an extant late Mughal taxation tradition, and how the success of British power was shaped by this extant paper-oriented revenue culture.