{"product_id":"mountstuart-elphinstone-in-south-asia-pioneer-of-british-colonial-rule-hardcover","title":"Mountstuart Elphinstone in South Asia: Pioneer of British Colonial Rule - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShah Mahmoud Hanifi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMountstuart Elphinstone (1779-1859), Lowland Scottish traveller, East India Company civil servant and educator, was one of the principal intellectual architects of British colonial rule in South Asia. Imbued with liberal views, such that Bombay's wealthy founded Elphinstone College in his memory, he pioneered the scholarly, scientific and administrative foundations of imperialism in India. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElphinstone's career was launched when he was picked to lead the inaugural British diplomatic mission to the Afghan court. His \u003cem\u003eAccount of the Kingdom of Caubul\u003c\/em\u003e (1815) became the main source of British information about Afghanistan. He is best known for his periods as Resident at Poona and Governor of Bombay in the 1810s and 1820s, when he instituted innovative and lasting policies in administration and education while also conducting research for his extremely influential \u003cem\u003eHistory of India\u003c\/em\u003e (1841). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume examines Mountstuart Elphinstone's intellectual contributions and administrative career in their own right, in relation to prominent contemporaries including Charles Metcalfe and William Moorcroft, and in the context of later historical study of India, Afghanistan, British imperialism and its imperial frontiers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eShah Mahmoud Hanifi is Professor of History at James Madison University, Virginia. William Dalrymple is a writer and historian, whose books include \u003cem\u003eThe Last Mughal; White Mughals;\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eReturn of a King: The Battle of Afghanistan.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.6 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47374221213881,"sku":"9780190914400","price":139.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/1oyJs0_nvk9780190914400.webp?v=1780721433","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/mountstuart-elphinstone-in-south-asia-pioneer-of-british-colonial-rule-hardcover","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}