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  • The Birth of Indian Liberalism

    Mama Parmanand's Letters to an Indian Raja

    by Rahul Sagar ...
    The first work of political theory published in modern India, Letters to an Indian Raja (1891) counseled Maharajas to foster liberal values and adopt constitutional government. Such reform would, it argued, make Indians freer and happier than they were under colonial rule, and thus allow the Native States to genuinely challenge the British. Accompanied by an extensive introductory essay by Rahul ... Read more

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  • Krishna Kumari: The Tragedy of India

    Series series Methuen Drama Play Collections
    Krishna Kumari: The Tragedy of India introduces readers to the first English language play in modern India.Written in 1826 by English Subba Rao, one of the first Indians to be schooled in English, Krishna Kumari depicts the true story of a princess of Udaipur who is forced to commit suicide in order to end a war started by her suitors, the rulers of the neighboring kingdoms of Jaipur and Jodhpur. ... Read more

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  • To Raise a Fallen People

    The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Indian Views on International Politics

    by Rahul Sagar ...
    To Raise a Fallen People brings to light pioneering writing on international politics from nineteenth-century India. Drawing on extensive archival research, it unearths essays, speeches, and pamphlets that address fundamental questions about India’s place in the world. In these texts, prominent public figures urge their compatriots to learn English and travel abroad to study, debate whether to ... Read more

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  • To Raise a Fallen People

    The Nineteenth-Century Origins of Indian Views on International Politics

    by Rahul Sagar ...
    To Raise a Fallen People brings to light pioneering writing on international politics from nineteenth-century India. Drawing on extensive archival research, it unearths essays, speeches, and pamphlets that address fundamental questions about India’s place in the world. In these texts, prominent public figures urge their compatriots to learn English and travel abroad to study, debate whether to ... Read more

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  • The Progressive Maharaja

    Sir Madhava Rao's Hints on the Art and Science of Government

    Edited by Rahul Sagar ...
    Hints on the Art and Science of Government was the first treatise on statecraft produced in modern India. It consists of lectures that Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao delivered in 1881 to Sayaji Rao Gaekwad III, the young Maharaja of Baroda. Universally considered the foremost Indian statesman of the nineteenth century, Madhava Rao had served as dewan (or prime minister) in the native states of Travancore ... Read more

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  • Politics Recovered

    Realist Thought in Theory and Practice

    Is political theory political enough? Or does a tendency toward abstraction, idealization, moralism, and utopianism leave contemporary political theory out of touch with real politics as it actually takes place, and hence unable to speak meaningfully to or about our world? Realist political thought, which has enjoyed a significant revival of interest in recent years, seeks to avoid such pitfalls ... Read more

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  • Secrets and Leaks

    The Dilemma of State Secrecy

    Secrets and Leaks examines the complex relationships among executive power, national security, and secrecy. State secrecy is vital for national security, but it can also be used to conceal wrongdoing. How then can we ensure that this power is used responsibly? Typically, the onus is put on lawmakers and judges, who are expected to oversee the executive. Yet because these actors lack access to the ... Read more

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  • Politics Recovered

    Realist Thought in Theory and Practice

    Is political theory political enough? Or does a tendency toward abstraction, idealization, moralism, and utopianism leave contemporary political theory out of touch with real politics as it actually takes place, and hence unable to speak meaningfully to or about our world? Realist political thought, which has enjoyed a significant revival of interest in recent years, seeks to avoid such pitfalls ... Read more

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  • The Great Indian Education Debate

    Documents Relating to the Orientalist-Anglicist Controversy, 1781-1843

    A bitter debate erupted in 1834 between Orientalists and Anglicists over what kind of public education the British should promote in their growing Indian empire. This collection of the main documents pertaining to the controversy (some published for the first time) aims to recover the major British and South Asian voices, broaden our understanding of imperial discourses and recognise the ... Read more

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  • Native Officialdom In Western India

    This book is about the landlords or the revenue officers of the administrative system recognized as the Watan System which was rampant for more than five centuries before India's independence. With a focus on the Deshmukhi Watan or the Desgut, held by Deshmukhs or Desais, this volume presents the hierarchy of the chain of officers like the Patils, Deshpandes, Kulkarnis, etc., and attempts to ... Read more

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    Diplomatic Intrigues and Territorial Shifts: Unraveling the Legacy of the Anglo-Sikh Treaty

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