Furniture From British India And Ceylon
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Furniture From British India And Ceylon
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Author : Amin Jaffer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Furniture From British India And Ceylon written by Amin Jaffer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
Furniture from British India and Ceylon is divided into two sections. The introductory chapters provide contextual background and discuss subjects such as the British response to things Indian, the domestic interior and factors which shaped its appearance, and the sources of furniture. Amin Jaffer provides a reconstruction of the complex furniture trade between East and West, offering new insights into the relationship between European, Chinese and Indian craftsmen which shed light on the difficulty of correctly attributing colonialfurniture. The second section is an extensive catalogue of two hundred pieces from the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. Each piece of furniture is illustrated, often with more than one view, and contextual illustrations, including many unusual and evocative images of domestic interiors and craftsmen at work, are provided throughout the book.
The History Of British India
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Author : James Mill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1848
The History Of British India written by James Mill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1848 with Hindus categories.
The East India Company At Home 1757 1857
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Author : Margot Finn
language : en
Publisher: UCL Press
Release Date : 2018-02-15
The East India Company At Home 1757 1857 written by Margot Finn and has been published by UCL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-15 with History categories.
The East India Company at Home, 1757–1857 explores how empire in Asia shaped British country houses, their interiors and the lives of their residents. It includes chapters from researchers based in a wide range of settings such as archives and libraries, museums, heritage organisations, the community of family historians and universities. It moves beyond conventional academic narratives and makes an important contribution to ongoing debates around how empire impacted Britain. The volume focuses on the propertied families of the East India Company at the height of Company rule. From the Battle of Plassey in 1757 to the outbreak of the Indian Uprising in 1857, objects, people and wealth flowed to Britain from Asia. As men in Company service increasingly shifted their activities from trade to military expansion and political administration, a new population of civil servants, army officers, surveyors and surgeons journeyed to India to make their fortunes. These Company men and their families acquired wealth, tastes and identities in India, which travelled home with them to Britain. Their stories, the biographies of their Indian possessions and the narratives of the stately homes in Britain that came to house them, frame our explorations of imperial culture and its British legacies.
The Oxford Handbook Of History And Material Culture
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Author : Ivan Gaskell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-07
The Oxford Handbook Of History And Material Culture written by Ivan Gaskell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-07 with Social Science categories.
Most historians rely principally on written sources. Yet there are other traces of the past available to historians: the material things that people have chosen, made, and used. This book examines how material culture can enhance historians' understanding of the past, both worldwide and across time. The successful use of material culture in history depends on treating material things of many kinds not as illustrations, but as primary evidence. Each kind of material thing-and there are many-requires the application of interpretive skills appropriate to it. These skills overlap with those acquired by scholars in disciplines that may abut history but are often relatively unfamiliar to historians, including anthropology, archaeology, and art history. Creative historians can adapt and apply the same skills they honed while studying more traditional text-based documents even as they borrow methods from these fields. They can think through familiar historical problems in new ways. They can also deploy material culture to discover the pasts of constituencies who have left few or no traces in written records. The authors of this volume contribute case studies arranged thematically in six sections that respectively address the relationship of history and material culture to cognition, technology, the symbolic, social distinction, and memory. They range across time and space, from Paleolithic to Punk.
Deepening Economic Cooperation Between India And Sri Lanka
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Author : Indra Nath Mukherji
language : en
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Release Date : 2013-09-01
Deepening Economic Cooperation Between India And Sri Lanka written by Indra Nath Mukherji and has been published by Asian Development Bank this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Business & Economics categories.
This book analyzes the performance and impact of the India–Sri Lanka free trade agreement over the past decade and suggests the way forward. India became an important source of imports for Sri Lanka immediately after the implementation of the free trade agreement. Bilateral trade between the countries increased steadily thereafter, with Sri Lankan commodities finding a large market in India. The composition of trade also changed with an increased number of new goods being traded. The book computes indices and suggests scope for deepening economic cooperation between the two countries by pruning the negative lists for trade in goods, identifying potential investment, and suggesting policies for expanding cooperation in services.
Maharaja
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Author : Anna M. F. Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Maharaja written by Anna M. F. Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art, Indic categories.
The word 'maharaja' - literally 'great king' - conjures up a vision of splendour and magnificence. This book examines the real and perceived worlds of the maharaja from the early eighteenth century to 1947, when the Indian Princes ceded their territories into the modern states of India and Pakistan.
Dutch And British Colonial Intervention In Sri Lanka 1780 1815
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Author : Alicia Schrikker
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2007
Dutch And British Colonial Intervention In Sri Lanka 1780 1815 written by Alicia Schrikker and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Social Science categories.
This study of Dutch and British colonial intervention on Sri Lanka in the period 1780 - 1815 provides a new over-all characterisation of the functioning and growth of the colonial state in a period of transition.
Furniture From Indonesia Sri Lanka And India During The Dutch Period
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Author : Jan Veenendaal
language : nl
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Furniture From Indonesia Sri Lanka And India During The Dutch Period written by Jan Veenendaal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Furniture categories.
Overzicht van de meubelkunst uit de voormalige Nederlandse koloniën
Cinnamon Gardens
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Author : Shyam Selvadurai
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-01-11
Cinnamon Gardens written by Shyam Selvadurai and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-11 with Fiction categories.
Selvadurai has captured horrifyingly well the airlessness of a society in which only a few are truly able to breathe, and deeply' Mary Loudon, The Times In Shyam Selvadurai's masterful second novel, set in repressive and complex 1920s Ceylon, the Cinnamon Gardens is a residential enclave of wealthy Ceylonese. Among them is Annalukshmi, an independent and high-spirited young teacher intent on thwarting her parents' plans to arrange her marriage. In a parallel narrative, her uncle, Balendran Navaratnam, respectably married but secretly homosexual, has his life disrupted by the arrival in Ceylon of Richard, a lover from long ago. 'Richly rewarding . . . this is, in many ways, an old-fashioned novel, brimming with old-fashioned virtues. The characters and setting are established in a measured, finely judged manner, allowing us to feel at home with them. Annalukshmi's Jane Austen-ish domestic life -- anxious mother, bossy aunt, catty sisters, endless talk of prospective husbands -- is brought to life with glancing humour. Not least of the novel's virtues is the way he seems to conjure up a whole social panorama. With its vivid evocation of time and place, its wise characterisation, its involving emotional dramas, this is a novel that deserves, and will surely gain, a wide readership' Adam Lively, Sunday Times 'Subtle and deeply humane . . . a fine novel that is both delicately written and very, very wise . . . Selvadurai has established himself firmly as an important chronicler of the complexities of social and cultural difference' Books in Canada 'This is a distinctive voice and the author is a talent to be reckoned with' Telegraph, India
Sri Lanka Style
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Author : Channa Daswatte
language : en
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-01
Sri Lanka Style written by Channa Daswatte and has been published by Tuttle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-01 with Architecture categories.
Sri Lanka Style showcases 30 of the finest traditional and modern dwellings in Sri Lanka. Reflecting its location and status as a hub of Indian Ocean trade from time immemorial, the tropical island of Sri Lanka has always been open to the movements and patterns of world culture. Indigenous architects and cultural traditions, colonial incursions and the vagaries of living in a tropical environment have combined to produce a distinctive Sri Lankan architectural style: thick lime-washed walls, tall windows and doors, terracotta or granite tile floors, open pavilions and verandas, courtyard gardens, elaborately carved furniture and vibrant hand-looms. The Sri Lankan homes vary from private homes to retreats and resorts, all designed by the island's most creative architects and interior designers including some by the world-renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa that have never been seen before. These works demonstrate the essentials of the Sri Lankan spaces open to the elements and the natural use of space and decor, contributing to a palpable sense of peace and discipline. In addition, there are practical design ideas that can be applied to any tropical locale. Photographed entirely on location, Sri Lanka Style is an inspirational sourcebook of contemporary tropical style.