An Empire of Images (Record no. 67444)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781009567213
028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME
Distributor Name : Savera Book Distributors
Distributor address : 4754 Akarshan Bhawan, 23 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi
Bill Number : 25-26/CRB/1183
Bill Date : 27/03/2026
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 954.03 CHA
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chatterjee, Apurba.
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title An Empire of Images
Remainder of title : Visual Culture and the British in India, 1688–1815.
Statement of responsibility, etc / Apurba Chatterjee.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc , New York
Name of publisher, distributor, etc : Cambridge University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc , 2025.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xix, 360p.
Dimensions : 24cm.
365 ## - TRADE PRICE
Price amount 1015
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc How did Britons come to see themselves as fit to govern India? An Empire of Images focuses on the visual arts as central to the making of political legitimacy during the long eighteenth century. Through images by both British and Indian artists, this book explores how peoples, landscapes, flora, and fauna in India became part of an imperial self-image. Torn between open triumphalism and anxious contingency, British artists and patrons sought to dissect India's mysteries and justify East India Company rule under the Crown. Meanwhile, Indian artists interpreted the realities of British hegemony in terms of both their native cultural resources and modes introduced by the colonizer. Tracing an emerging imperial ideology on canvas and in prints, as well as the pages of official archives and personal papers, this book offers new insights into reconfigurations of power in a period of European expansion in Asia. As Chatterjee argues, early colonial India became a site for contestation around British visual ascendancy, which must complicate our own understandings of honour, guilt, knowledge, and belonging.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Empire of Images
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Culture and the British History
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element History
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Personal name Apurba Chatterjee
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
    Dewey Decimal Classification   Not For Loan SNU LIBRARY SNU LIBRARY 27/03/2026 Savera Book Distributors 1015.00   954.03 CHA 31418 27/03/2026 27/03/2026 Books
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