Explode the Code/Book Eight by Nancy Hall

Explode the Code/Book Eight by Nancy Hall

An original exploration of the relationship between the Mughal emperor and his subjects in the space of the Mughal empire's capital, The King and the People overturns an axiomatic assumption in the history of premodern South Asia: that the urban masses were merely passive objects of rule and remained unable to express collective political aspirations until the coming of colonialism. Set in the Mughal capital of Shahjahanabad (Delhi) from its founding to Nadir Shah's devastating invasion of 1739, this book instead shows how the trends and events in the second half of the seventeenth century inadvertently set the stage for the emergence of the people as actors in a regime which saw them only as the ruled.

Drawing on a wealth of sources from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this book is the first comprehensive account of the dynamic relationship between ruling authority and its urban subjects in an era that until recently was seen as one of only decline. By placing ordinary people at the centre of its narrative, this wide-ranging work offers fresh perspectives on imperial sovereignty, on the rise of an urban culture of political satire, and on the place of the practices of faith in the work of everyday politics. It unveils a formerly invisible urban panorama of soldiers and poets, merchants and shoemakers, who lived and died in the shadow of the Red Fort during an era of both dizzying turmoil and heady possibilities.

As much an account of politics and ideas as a history of the city and its people, this lively and lucid book will be equally of value for specialists, students, and lay readers interested in the lives and ambitions of the mass of ordinary inhabitants of India's historic capital three hundred years ago.

Hall, Nancy: - Nancy Hall was born and raised in Trenton, Tennessee, home of both illustrious and ordinary folks who taught her a lot about living. She received a bachelor of science degree in education from the University of Tennessee Martin with a major in English and a minor in Spanish. Her master's degree was in curriculum and instruction. After more than a decade of high school teaching, she entered the business world of insurance for fifteen years where she specialized in commercial insurance and agency management. Then she worked under the Tennessee Department of Education with the Tennessee Infant Parents Services as a parent advisor with developmentally delayed children. Her working years were intertwined with community theater work, writing, and raising a family. She serves as curator/director of the Fred Culp Historical Museum. In 1995 she discovered yoga which she says saved her life twice. She is a registered yoga teacher 500-hour level and a Level 2 yoga therapist. She continues to practice and teach in these fields today. She says: Writing and yoga are a natural link between the physicality of the ordinary world, and the inner work required for meditation, exploration and understanding. Practicing yoga and paying attention are the two vital parts of my writing life. Hall was chairman of the Gibson County Library Board and helped organize the Nite Lite Theatre. She is a Master Gardener and loyal Tennessee Volunteers fan. She was the first woman to serve as the foreperson for the Gibson County Grand Jury and has served under two judges. She helped establish the Fred Culp Historical Museum and worked more than four years in preserving and recording a vast collection of local history gathered by her teacher, Frederick Culp. She and her husband renovated a grain bin known as the Diva Den where she writes, teaches yoga, and watches sunsets.

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ISBN 13	9780838816479
ISBN 10	0838816479
Title	Explode the Code/Book Eight
Author	Nancy Hall
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Educators Pub. Service
Year published	1990-06-01
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