About this title: The princely states constituted an integral part of the empire of Britain in India. Not formally annexed, they were controlled bvy the British through the doctrine of paramountcy. Professor Ray analyses how pressure-groups as well as official circles in Britain shaped this doctrine and wielded it as an instrument of exploitation. The book is a commentary on the legal, political, adminstrative and economic implications of the application of the policy of paramountcy to Hyderabad in the later half of the nineteenth century. It is also an eminently readable account of the aims and stratagems of ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780195622317ISBN:0195622316
Description: 0195622316. Hardcover. Oxford University Press. 1988. 232 pages. Ex-lib item with typical marks (pocket and library stamps present). Discard stamps present on the page sides. Boards are lightly worn with some rounding to the corners and some shelfwear marks to the extremities. NO DJ. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding is tight and solid; 0.92 x 8.88 x 5.81 Inches; 250 pages. read more
Description: Good. Ex library with protective cover over dust jacket, usual stamps & markings, spine of dj faded, minor shelf wear, otherwise very good, will despatch immediately. read more
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