INDIA`S COLONIAL ENCOUNTER: ESSAYS IN MEMORY OF ERIC STOKES (SECOND REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION)

The late Professor Eric Stokes conducted pioneering reasearches in certain areas of 19th century South Asian history and established a lively scholarly tradition at Cambridge. This volume reflects on certain themes which formed the bedrock of Stokes' historical writings - History of Ideas, the 1857 upheaval, agrarian structure and peasant struggles. It is a major contribution to the existing historical literature on South Asia.