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Donna Landry, “Noble Brutes: How Eastern Horses Transformed English Culture” (John Hopkins UP, 2009)

Donna Landry
Noble Brutes
How Eastern Horses Transformed English Culture
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network June 9, 2012 Dhara Anjaria

This is a book about horses. Donna Landry‘s Noble Brutes: How Eastern Horses Transformed English Culture (The John Hopkins University Press, 2009) is all about how horses were a means of cultural exchange between the Orient and England. More… Read More

Susan Harris, “God’s Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902” (Oxford UP, 2011)

Susan Harris
God's Arbiters
Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902
University Press, 2011

New Books in American Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network May 22, 2012 Dhara Anjaria

Mark Twain called it “pious hypocrisies.” President McKinley called it “civilizing and Christianizing.” Both were referring to the U.S. annexation of the Philippines in 1899. Susan K. Harris‘ latest book, God’s Arbiters: Americans and the Philippines, 1898-1902 (New York:… Read More

Peter Robb, “Richard Blechynden’s Calcutta Diaries, 1791-1822” (Oxford UP, 2011)

Peter Robb
Richard Blechynden's Calcutta Diaries, 1791-1822

Oxford University Press, 2011

New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network April 18, 2012 Dhara Anjaria

Richard Blechynden came to Calcutta in 1782 as a twenty two year old, and stayed there for the rest of his life, working as a surveyor and architect. From 1791 he maintained daily diaries, and it is these that Peter … Read More

Nabil Matar and Gerald MacLean, “Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713” (Oxford UP, 2011)

Nabil Matar and Gerald MacLean
Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713

University Press, 2011

New Books in History New Books in Islamic Studies New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Religion & Faith New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network March 14, 2012 Dhara Anjaria

Nineteenth-century observers would say that the British Empire was an Islamic one; be that as it may, before Empire there was trade- and lots of it. Nabil Matar and Gerald MacLean‘s book, Britain and the Islamic World, 1558-1713 (Oxford:… Read More

Jeff Sahadeo, “Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1903” (Indiana UP, 2010)

Jeff Sahadeo
Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent, 1865-1903

Indiana University Press, 2010

New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Russian and Eurasian Studies New Books in South Asian Studies New Books Network March 8, 2012 Dhara Anjaria

Konstantin von Kaufmann, Governor-General of Russian Turkestan from 1867 until his death in 1882, wanted to be buried in Tashkent if he died in office; so that, he said, ‘all may know that here is true Russian soil, where no… Read More