India and imperial vulnerability : Knowledge, aesthetics and subjects in British discourses of disaster, 1763-1939
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Studies in Imperialism
ISBN-10
1526178117
ISBN-13
9781526178114
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Imprint
Manchester University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 5th, 2026
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
504 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.60 x 1.40 cms
Product Classification:
Semantics, discourse analysis, etcSemantics, discourse analysis, stylisticsModern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 190020th century history: c 1900 to c 2000Colonialism & imperialismPhilosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledgeAid & relief programmesAid and relief programmesHistoryColonialism and imperialismPhilosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledgeNatural disasters
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This is a study of disasters – cyclones, earthquakes and famines – in British India, 1770-1934, through a reading of a vast archive of colonial texts. -- .
This study of famines, earthquakes and cyclones in British India, 1770-1934, moves from the aesthetics of representation through the knowledge cultures that sprang up around the disasters and finally the construction of the helpless native and the labouring Englishman. It studies the creation of imperial networks of knowledge acquisition, codification and training, as well as the employment of certain aesthetic modes when speaking of the land’s disasters. It pays attention to the categorization of the disaster victims and the work of the Englishman in understanding and helping the native. The study shows how the disasters were shaped and were shaped by imperial discourses of knowledge and learning, aesthetics of fright and horror and the labouring English. -- .
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