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Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction. Papers from the Wanaparthy Samasthan, 1832 1911. During the Asaf Jahi period, when the city of Hyderabad served as the capital of the Nizam s Dominions (or Hyderabad State), Wanaparthy was the capital of a samasthan by the same name. A samasthan was a geographically contiguous domain with a hereditary royal head or chief. Wanaparthy and the fourteen other samasthans within Hyderabad State were on the margins of the daily workings of the Nizam s Government in Hyderabad; yet they played an important role in the state as the oldest members of its political composition. This collection of letters and papers from Wanaparthy covering the reigns of the last four Nizams brings to light the relationship between the urban centre of Hyderabad and the peripheral country capital of Wanaparthy. The samasthan was unique in that it maintained almost complete autonomy throughout, and it served others by the choice of its leaders, not by compulsion or force. The letters reveal how the rulers of Wanaparthy which included women organised their domain, complete with armed forces and revenue collection, how the Nizam s Dominions organised its supporters, and how the two centres of power functioned within the larger context of nineteenth-century colonial India. While much is known about the Nizams, their prime ministers, and key political participants in Hyderabad city, including the nobles and the British Resident, this rare collection of documents provides a glimpse of the intimate and everyday workings of a little kingdom in the countryside. A rich and fascinating archive, this collection will be invaluable to both historians and social scientists interested in Hyderabad State, Telangana, and colonial India. (jacket).…

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Hardback. Condition: New. The dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial and fall reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals.In April 1892, a damning pamphlet circulated in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, the capital of the largest and wealthiest princely state in the British Raj. An anonymous writer charged Mehdi Hasan, an aspiring Muslim lawyer from the north, and Ellen Donnelly, his Indian-born British wife, with gross sexual misconduct and deception. The scandal that ensued sent shock waves from Calcutta to London. Who wrote this pamphlet, and was it true?Mehdi and Ellen had risen rapidly among Hyderabad's elites. On a trip to London they even met Queen Victoria. Not long after, a scurrilous pamphlet addressed to "the ladies of Hyderabad" charged the couple with propagating a sham marriage for personal gain. Ellen, it was claimed, had been a prostitute, and Mehdi was accused of making his wife available to men who could advance his career. To avenge his wife and clear his name, Mehdi filed suit against the pamphlet's printer, prompting a trial that would alter their lives.Based on private letters, courtroom transcripts, secret government reports, and scathing newspaper accounts, Benjamin Cohen's riveting reconstruction of the couple's trial and tribulations lays bare the passions that ran across racial lines and the intimate betrayals that doomed the Hasans. Filled with accusations of midnight trysts and sexual taboos, An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad is a powerful reminder of the perils facing those who tried to rewrite society's rules. In the struggle of one couple, it exposes the fault lines that would soon tear a world apart.…

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Introduction.1. Club rules. 2. Around the club. 3. The business of clubbing. 4. Servants and staff. 5. Race, class and the club. 6. Women and the club. 7. Postcolonial clubbing. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Clubs in India are often regarded as antiquarian institutions left over from a bygone era with little to teach us about the past or present. Yet, In the Club presents a different picture of India s clubland. This book offers a comprehensive examination of social clubs across India. It argues that clubs have been key contributors to India s colonial associational life and civil society, and remain important nodes in public culture today. Using government records, personal memoirs, private club records, and club histories themselves, in the club explores colonial club life with chapters arranged thematically. Legal underpinnings bind clubs within, and to each, other across regional and national borders. Many clubs occupy prime locations and maintain their historic interiors. All clubs faced financial crises as they increasingly entered the global marketplace. No club could function without servants and staff, while issues of race and class in clubs continues to be debated today. Women s clubs occupy an important place in clubland, while many clubs continue to thrive today in their postcolonial milieus. This book will be critical reading for scholars of colonialism in India as well as social scientists interested in associational life and civil society. It will also be of interest to intellectually engaged club members, aspiring members, or just those curious about the inner-workings of clubs across India and beyond.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial and fall reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals.In April 1892, a damning pamphlet circulated in the south Indian city of Hyderabad, the capital of the largest and wealthiest princely state in the British Raj. An anonymous writer charged Mehdi Hasan, an aspiring Muslim lawyer from the north, and Ellen Donnelly, his Indian-born British wife, with gross sexual misconduct and deception. The scandal that ensued sent shock waves from Calcutta to London. Who wrote this pamphlet, and was it true?Mehdi and Ellen had risen rapidly among Hyderabad's elites. On a trip to London they even met Queen Victoria. Not long after, a scurrilous pamphlet addressed to "the ladies of Hyderabad" charged the couple with propagating a sham marriage for personal gain. Ellen, it was claimed, had been a prostitute, and Mehdi was accused of making his wife available to men who could advance his career. To avenge his wife and clear his name, Mehdi filed suit against the pamphlet's printer, prompting a trial that would alter their lives.Based on private letters, courtroom transcripts, secret government reports, and scathing newspaper accounts, Benjamin Cohen's riveting reconstruction of the couple's trial and tribulations lays bare the passions that ran across racial lines and the intimate betrayals that doomed the Hasans. Filled with accusations of midnight trysts and sexual taboos, An Appeal to the Ladies of Hyderabad is a powerful reminder of the perils facing those who tried to rewrite society's rules. In the struggle of one couple, it exposes the fault lines that would soon tear a world apart. Benjamin Cohen tells the dramatic story of Mehdi Hasan and Ellen Donnelly, whose marriage convulsed high society in nineteenth-century India and whose notorious trial reverberated throughout the British Empire, setting the benchmark for Victorian scandals. In the struggle of one couple, he exposes the fault lines that would soon tear a world apart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 347pp., b/w illus., notes, glossary, bibliography, index. Retailer's barcode sticker to back of dust jacket. Otherwise excellent tight clean copy. GL.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Recognition of Nathaniel Hawthorne: Selected Criticism Since 1828. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Descended from the Kakatiya and Vijayanagar kingdoms, a discreet group of Hindu kings flourished in what is now modern-day Telangana. Surviving into the colonial era, these samasthan kingdoms found new and creative ways to survive in the Nizam's Dominions, while simultan-eously negotiating with the British powers situated at Hyderabad, Madras, and beyond. Rejecting simplified notions of 'civilizational clashes', this book argues for a new perspective on power relations in nineteenth and twentieth-century Hyderabad State. A classic in Hyderabad history, this new Indian reprint edition now makes this chap-ter of Hyderabad, Telangana, and Deccan history, readily available.…

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