Books written by Thomas R. Metcalf
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Imperial Connections: India in the Indian Ocean Arena, 1860-1920
For discussion of heights of emigrants, see Lance Brennan, John McDonald, and Ralph Shlomowitz, “Toward an Anthropometric History of Indians under British Rule,” Research in Economic History 17 (1997): 185–246.
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Ideologies of the Raj
Students of modern India and the British Empire will find this book relevant and accessible.
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A Concise History of India
Barbara D. Metcalf, Thomas R. Metcalf, Professor of History and Sarah Kailath Professor of India Studies Thomas R Metcalf ... Sustaining this trade was a grant awarded in 1617 by the emperor Jahangir to Sir Thomas Roe , James I's ...
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A Concise History of Modern India
Sustaining this trade was a grant awarded in 1617 by the emperor Jahangir to Sir Thomas Roe, James I's ambassador to the Mughal court. Under its terms the English were allowed to establish fac— tories at selected Mughal ports, ...
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A Concise History of Modern India
Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still fester. In response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation.
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A Concise History of Modern India
By the time of the flying visit of Sir Stafford Cripps to Delhi in April 1942, the British stated their willingness to offer India independence, by the convening of a constituent assembly, at the end of the war, but with the important ...
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Imperial Connections: India in the Indian Ocean Arena, 1860-1920
Imperial Connections puts South Asians—soldiers, policemen and labourers—right at the heart of his study."—C.A. Bayly, Cambridge University, author of The Birth of the Modern World "This is a distinctly original study which re-centers ...
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A Concise History of Modern India
Despite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still fester. In response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the Indian nation.
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Forging the Raj: Essays on British India in the Heyday of Empire
This set of essays written over a span of forty years from 1961 to 2002, examines the structure and working of the British Raj in India during the first half...
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Aftermath of Revolt: India 1857-1970
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
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The Aftermath of Revolt: India, 1857-1870
The Aftermath of Revolt: India, 1857-1870