Description |
1 online resource (xxxviii, 418 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Summary |
Mountstuart 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. This 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 |
Notes |
Also issued in print: 2019 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Audience |
Specialized |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 12, 2020) |
Subject |
Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1779-1859.
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Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1779-1859. Account of the Kingdom of Caubul
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Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron, 1785-1846.
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Moorcroft, William, 1767-1825.
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Moorcroft, William, 1767-1825 fast |
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Metcalfe, Charles Theophilus Metcalfe, Baron, 1785-1846 fast |
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Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 1779-1859 fast |
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British -- India -- History -- 19th century
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British -- Afghanistan -- History -- 19th century
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Imperialism -- History -- 19th century
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Imperialism
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British
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British colonies
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Colonies -- Administration
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 19th century
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Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- Administration -- History -- 19th century
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Asia
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Afghanistan
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India
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780190943066 |
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0190943068 |
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0190092602 |
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9780190092603 |
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