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Subjects and Sovereigns: The Husbands and Wives who Ruled British India, 1774-1925

Casey, Christina

While men held the titles of governor and viceroy in British India, it was women who were responsible for cultivating and preserving the public image of these offices. This dissertation explores the evolution of domestic ideology in British imperial politics, popular culture,…

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THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS AND ITS SELF-REPRESENTATION TO THE COLONIAL STATE: TRACING A DISCURSIVE STRATEGY'S REIFICATION FROM THE ARCHIVE TO THE SCHOLARLY ACCOUNT

Sircar, Althea Rani

This thesis examines the Indian National Congress (INC) in the period prior to India's independence from Britain. Over the course of the pre-independence period, the British government in India tolerated the INC, with varying degrees of restrictiveness. Despite legal and…

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A Science of Society: The Rise of Urdu Economic Thought in Colonial India

Siddiqui, Osama Rehan

This dissertation examines the translation and reception of classical political economy in colonial India in the nineteenth century. Drawing on a largely unexplored archive of Urdu-language translations of political economists such as James Mill, John Stuart Mill, Alfred…

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