01381nam a22001697a 4500 64929 64929 9780190704322 954.918031 Cook, Matthew A. Annexation and the Unhappy Valley : The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization Matthew A Cook 1st Karachi Oxford University Press 2021 xii, 297 Pages 21X13 cm PB Include References and Index "Annexation and the Unhappy Valley : The Historical Anthropology of Sindh's Colonization addresses the nineteenth century expansion and consolidation of British colonial power in the Sindh region of South Asia. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach and employs a fine-grained, nuanced and situated reading of multiple agents and their actions. It explores how the political and administrative incorporation of territory (i.e. annexation) by East India Company informs the conversion of intra-cultural distinctions into socio-historical conflicts among the colonized and colonizers. The book focuses on colonial direct rule, rather than the more commonly studied indirect rule, of South Asia. It socio-culturally explores how agents, perspectives and intentions vary--both within and across regions--to impact the actions and structures of colonial governance"--Provided by publisher. Ethnohistory BK 0 0 0 954_918031000000000_C769A_2021 0 NFIC 63283 GPL GPL GEN 2022-02-23 CRV/194/Gt-22/GPLM 646.75 954.918031 C769A 2021 67405 2022-02-23 2022-02-23 BK