M is a biography of Caravaggio. Peter Robb’s approach is like a detective - not only because his story includes murder (several), but because piecing together what happened during Caravaggio’s…

This book looks at agriculture, development, poverty and British rule in India, especially in the Patna Division in Bihar between c.1870-1920. It traces the economic influence of British policies and…

Explores the connections between agrarian policy, revenue, and property law, and commercial production; and the emergence of political identities. This collection investigates issues like economic development, tenancy acts, peasant stratification…

This book sheds new light on the dynamics of the colonial encounter between Britain and India. It highlights how various analytical approaches to this encounter can be creatively mobilised to…

A collection of 15 articles providing up-to-date introductory information on South Asia. This book focuses primarily on religious, social and political perspectives and the need for a multi-disciplinary approach. This…

Examining agrarian societies in colonial India, these papers include analyses of late 18th-century records on South India and North Bengal, and a look at the late colonial period. Mobility and…

Volume 13 deals with the interaction of music and politics, considering a broad range of genres, authors, composers, and artists in Germany since the nineteenth century.