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100 0 _aAmar Singh,
_921034
245 1 0 _aReversing the gaze: Amar Singh's diary, a colonial subject's narrative of Imperial India /
_cediting and commentary by Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, Lloyd L. Rudolph, with Mohan Singh Kanota.
260 _aNew Delhi.:
_bOxford University Press,
_cc2000.
300 _axii, 633 p. : ill., map ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [487]-552) and index.
505 2 0 _gPt. I.
_tGetting Started.
_g1.
_tAbout the Diary.
_g2.
_tThe Education of a Diarist.
_g3.
_tSarkar.
_g4.
_tHurjee.
_g5.
_tThe Apprentice.
_g6.
_tManners and Mores.
_g7.
_tA Mania for Polo.
_g8.
_tBlood and Other Sports.
_g9.
_tMy Family --
_gPt. II.
_tThe Jodhpur Lancers in China: Imperial Soldiers or Coolies of the Raj?
_g1.
_tGetting There: With the Allied Expeditionary Force to China.
_g2.
_tTensions in the China Garrison.
_g3.
_tUnder Fire at Lijapoo.
_g4.
_tThinking it Over: "Tried Warrior" or "Coolie of the Raj"? --
_gPt. III.
_tTransgression and Reconciliation: Becoming a Householder.
_g1.
_tAn Uncommon Wedding.
_g2.
_tBecoming a Householder --
_gPt. IV.
_tSoldier for the Raj?: Accommodation and Resistance at the Imperial Cadet Corps.
_g1.
_t"An Example for Others": First Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps.
_g2.
_t"The Results of Sodomy": Second Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps.
_g3.
_t"Too Proud and Haughty"?: Third Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps.
_g4.
_t"To Command Europeans"?: Fifth Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps.
505 8 0 _g5.
_t"The Big Swells were Gone": Sixth Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps.
_g6.
_t"Good-bye, My Dear Corps": Seventh Term in the Imperial Cadet Corps --
_gPt. V.
_tPrivate Lives in Patriarchal Space: Amar Sing at Home in Princely India.
_g1.
_tDiplomacy of Everyday Life: "This Damned Etiquette"
_g2.
_tLectures to the Maharaja of Kishengarh: "How to Promote Love" and "The Abuses of Youth"
_g3.
_tWomen at Home: "What Real Difficulties There Are in a Rajput Family Life"
_g4.
_tJoint-Family Responsibilities: "My One Aim Is to Secure Peace at Home"
_g5.
_tMen in the World: Estate Management, Horses, and Books.
_g6.
_tHarmony and Dissidence in the Joint Family: "Show Sympathy and You Will Earn Confidence" --
_gPt. VI.
_tPrincely Courts in Imperial Space.
_g1.
_tCourt Society at Jodhpur: The Struggle for the Maharaja's Person.
_g2.
_tCourt Society at Kishengarh and Idar: Replicating Marks of Sovereignty.
_g3.
_tH. H. Kishengarh Marries at Udaipur: The Ceremonial Enactment of Inferiority.
505 8 0 _g4.
_tImperial Ritual at Alwar: Lord Curzon Invests Jai Singh with Full Powers.
_g5.
_tParamountcy and Corruption: Talks with Political Officers.
651 0 _aRajasthan (India)
_xKings and rulers
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651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
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