Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
The chapters of the book correspond to the festivals and are organised chronologically according to the Hindu festival cycle; an outline of the customs associated with each festival is followed by the stories told during that festival.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
National politics alongside international drug diplomacy and how these together shaped the discourse of opium in Assam; the wider implications of opium production and consumption in the agrarian economy and the narrative of the nationalist critique of intoxication.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
This book examines money use in the Bay of Bengal world, using the case of medieval Bengal as a fulcrum. Situated between mountains and the sea, this region had simultaneous access to both overland and maritime trade routes.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
Officials championed the status quo not so much because of ideology but because of the brittle relationship between themselves and various Indian classes.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
He in fact sees the possibility of building upon the basis of Indian civilisation and culture a better social and industrial system that which new exists in Europe.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
He also reports about quality of soil, geographical peculiarities and the state of agriculture, trade and local products in the regions he visited.
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
The author maintains that the impact of the European trade on Bengal economy was only marginal, touching as it did the fringe of the economy. He... Læs mere
Bemærk: Kan leveres før jul.
The volume talks about the emergence of the French as a colonial power in the Indian subcontinent, the governorship of La Bourdonnais and Dupleix, further inroads into the Carnatic regions, fall of Dupleix and his struggles with his adversaries.