Picturing India
people, places and the world of the East India Company
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Author
Publication
2017 - University of Washington Press, Washington (State)
Language
English
Word Count
54,250 words, Guess
Page Count
217 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100295742933
- ISBN-139780295742939
- OCLC Control Number1002210929
- Better World Books9780295742939
- Better World Booksp8-bsu-011
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL26939203M
Classifications
- DDC704.9/49954
- LCCN8214.5.I5 M33 2017
Description
The British engagement with India was an intensely visual one. Images of the subcontinent, produced by artists and travellers in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century heyday of the East India Company, reflect the role it played in Indian life. They mirror significant shifts in British policy and attitudes towards India. The Company's story is one of wealth, power, and the pursuit of profit. It changed what people in Europe ate, what they drank, and how they dressed. Ultimately, it laid the foundations of the British Raj. But few historians have considered the visual sources that survive and their implications for the link between images and empire, pictures and power. This book draws on the unrivalled riches of the British Library, telling the story of individual images, their creators, and the people and places they depict. It will present a detailed picture of the Company and its complex relationship with India, its people and cultures.
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