India and imperial vulnerability by Pramod K Nayar

India and imperial vulnerability by Pramod K Nayar

This study of famines, earthquakes and cyclones in British India, 1770-1934, moves from the aesthetics of representation through the knowledge cultures that sprang up around the disasters and finally the construction of the helpless native and the labouring Englishman. It studies the creation of imperial networks of knowledge acquisition, codification and training, as well as the employment of certain aesthetic modes when speaking of the land's disasters. It pays attention to the categorization of the disaster victims and the work of the Englishman in understanding and helping the native. The study shows how the disasters were shaped and were shaped by imperial discourses of knowledge and learning, aesthetics of fright and horror and the labouring English.

Pramod K Nayar is Senior Professor of English and holder of the UNESCO Chair in Vulnerability Studies at the University of Hyderabad, India.

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ISBN 13	9781526178114
ISBN 10	1526178117
Title	India and imperial vulnerability
Author	Pramod K Nayar
Series	Studies In Imperialism
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2026-05-05
Number of pages	240
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