India and imperial vulnerability (Knowledge, aesthetics and subjects in British discourses of disaster, 1763-1939)
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Product Details
Author:
Pramod K Nayar
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
232
Publisher:
Manchester University Press (May 5, 2026)
Imprint:
Manchester University Press
Language:
English
Audience:
College/higher education
ISBN-13:
9781526178114
ISBN-10:
1526178117
Weight:
17.76oz
Dimensions:
6.14" x 9.21" x 0.55"
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Folder:
TWO RIVERS
List Price:
$130.00
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Pub Discount:
65
Series:
Studies in Imperialism
Case Pack:
20
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$100.10
Publisher Identifier:
P-PER
Discount Code:
A
Overview
This study of famines, earthquakes and cyclones in British India, 1770-1934, moves from the aesthetics of representation through the knowledge cultures that sprang up around the disasters and finally the construction of the helpless native and the labouring Englishman. It studies the creation of imperial networks of knowledge acquisition, codification and training, as well as the employment of certain aesthetic modes when speaking of the land’s disasters. It pays attention to the categorization of the disaster victims and the work of the Englishman in understanding and helping the native. The study shows how the disasters were shaped and were shaped by imperial discourses of knowledge and learning, aesthetics of fright and horror and the labouring English.
