TY - BOOK
T1 - A social history of the deccan, 1300–1761 eight Indian lives
AU - Eaton, Richard M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Cambridge University Press 2005 and 2008.
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - In this fascinating account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. He does so, vividly, through the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and who each represented somethingparticular about the Deccan. In the first chapter, for example, the author describes the demise of the regional kingdom through the life of a maharaja. In the second, a Sufi sheikh illustrates Muslim piety and state authority. Other characters include a merchant, a general, a slave, a poet, a bandit and a female pawnbroker. Their stories are woven together into a rich narrative tapestry, which illumines the most important social processes of the Deccan across four centuries. This is a much-needed book by the most highly regarded scholar in the field.
AB - In this fascinating account of one of the least known parts of South Asia, Eaton recounts the history of the Deccan plateau in southern India from the fourteenth century to the rise of European colonialism. He does so, vividly, through the lives of eight Indians who lived at different times during this period, and who each represented somethingparticular about the Deccan. In the first chapter, for example, the author describes the demise of the regional kingdom through the life of a maharaja. In the second, a Sufi sheikh illustrates Muslim piety and state authority. Other characters include a merchant, a general, a slave, a poet, a bandit and a female pawnbroker. Their stories are woven together into a rich narrative tapestry, which illumines the most important social processes of the Deccan across four centuries. This is a much-needed book by the most highly regarded scholar in the field.
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U2 - 10.1017/CHOL9780521254847
DO - 10.1017/CHOL9780521254847
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:84928068190
SN - 0521254841
SN - 9780521254847
BT - A social history of the deccan, 1300–1761 eight Indian lives
PB - Cambridge University Press
ER -