Nabobs: empire and identity in eighteenth-century Britain/
Nechtman, Tillman W.
Nabobs: empire and identity in eighteenth-century Britain/ Tillman W. Nechtman. - Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xiii, 266 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.
Introduction: An imperial footprint -- An India of the mind: enlightenment and empire in eighteenth-century South Asia -- 'Flesh and blood cannot bear it': private lives and imperial taxonomies in late eighteenth-century British India -- The nabob controversy: debating global imperialism -- Imperial clutter: the nabob controversy in the public sphere -- Nabobinas: gender, luxury, race, and empire.
9780521763530 0521763533
Imperialism--Social aspects--Great Britain.
National characteristics, British--History
Great Britain--Social conditions
Great Britain--Colonies--History
Great Britain--Civilization
303.48 / NEC/N
Nabobs: empire and identity in eighteenth-century Britain/ Tillman W. Nechtman. - Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. - xiii, 266 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-259) and index.
Introduction: An imperial footprint -- An India of the mind: enlightenment and empire in eighteenth-century South Asia -- 'Flesh and blood cannot bear it': private lives and imperial taxonomies in late eighteenth-century British India -- The nabob controversy: debating global imperialism -- Imperial clutter: the nabob controversy in the public sphere -- Nabobinas: gender, luxury, race, and empire.
9780521763530 0521763533
Imperialism--Social aspects--Great Britain.
National characteristics, British--History
Great Britain--Social conditions
Great Britain--Colonies--History
Great Britain--Civilization
303.48 / NEC/N