Empires of Complaints

by Robert Travers

In this deeply researched and revealing account, Robert Travers offers a new view of the transition from Mughal to British rule in India. By focusing on processes of petitioning and judicial inquiry, Travers argues that the East India Company consolidated its territorial power in the conquered province of Bengal by co-opting and transforming late Mughal, Persianate practices of administering justice to petitioning subjects. Recasting the origins of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009123386
• ISBN13: 9781009123389
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"