6 Best nonfiction books like Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 by Matthew H. Edney

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Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843

By: Matthew H. Edney

3.46

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial …

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1. The Nation & Its Fragments: Colonial & Postcolonial Histories

By: Partha Chatterjee

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Hardcover

In this book, the prominent theorist Partha Chatterjee looks at the creative and powerful results o… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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2. The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan

By: Yasmin Cordery Khan

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The Partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political and religious freedom--through th… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history

3. The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine

By: Ilan Pappé

3.98

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

Since the Holocaust, it has been almost impossible to hide large-scale crimes against humanity. In … read more

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4. Liberalism and Empire: A Study in Nineteenth-Century British Liberal Thought

By: Uday Singh Mehta

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

We take liberalism to be a set of ideas committed to political rights and self-determination, yet i… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
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5. Dominance without Hegemony: History and Power in Colonial India (Convergences: Inventories of the Present)

By: Ranajit Guha

3.93

Format: 268 pages, Paperback

What is colonialism and what is a colonial state? Ranajit Guha points out that the colonial state i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • india
  • history
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6. Recovering Liberties: Indian Thought in the Age of Liberalism and Empire (Ideas in Context, Series Number 100)

By: C.A. Bayly

3.64

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

One of the world's leading historians examines the great Indian liberal tradition, stretching from … read more

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  • history
  • india
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7. A People's Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic (Histories of Economic Life)

By: Rohit de

4.15

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

It has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950, a document in English created by e… read more

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  • india
  • history
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8. Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843

By: Matthew H. Edney

3.46

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

In this fascinating history of the British surveys of India, Matthew H. Edney relates how imperial … read more

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7 Top history books like Mapping an Empire: The Geographical Construction of British India, 1765-1843 by Matthew H. Edney

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Michael J. Sandel

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