Metcalf, Thomas R. 1934-

Overview

Works:	84 works in 372 publications in 4 languages and 11,961 library holdings
Genres:	History Reference works Conference papers and proceedings Academic theses
Roles:	Author, Other, Editor, Compiler

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Thomas R Metcalf

A concise history of modern India by Barbara Metcalf( )

55 editions published between 2006 and 2019 in English and Chinese and held by 3,484 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This is a concise history of India since the time of the Mughals. It comprises the history of what was known as British India from the late eighteenth century until 1947, when the subcontinent was split into the two independent countries of India and Pakistan, and of the Republic of India thereafter. (The history of Pakistan, and after 1971, of Bangladesh, is taken up in a separate volume in this series.) In this work we hope to capture something of the excitement that has characterized the field of India studies in recent decades. Any history written today differs markedly from that of the late 1950s and early 1960s when we, as graduate students, first 'discovered' India. The history of India, like histories everywhere, is now at its best written as a more inclusive story, and one with fewer determining narratives. Not only do historians seek to include more of the population in their histories - women, minorities, the dispossessed - but they are also interested in alternative historical narratives, those shaped by distinctive cosmologies or by local experiences. Historians question, above all, the historical narratives that were forged - as they were everywhere in the modern world - by the compelling visions of nationalism"--CProvided by publisher

Imperial connections : India in the Indian Ocean arena, 1860-1920 by Thomas R Metcalf( )

28 editions published between 2007 and 2010 in English and held by 2,156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"An innovative remapping of empire, Imperial Connections offers a broad-ranging view of the workings of the British Empire in the period when the India of the Raj stood at the center of a newly globalized system of trade, investment, and migration. Thomas R. Metcalf argues that India itself became a nexus of imperial power that made possible British conquest, control, and governance across a wide arc of territory stretching from Africa to eastern Asia. His book, offering a new perspective on how imperialism operates, emphasizes transcolonial interactions and webs of influence that advanced the interests of colonial India and Britain alike. Metcalf examines such topics as law codes and administrative forms as they were shaped by Indian precedents; the Indian Army's role in securing Malaya, Africa, and Mesopotamia for the empire; the employment of Indians, especially Sikhs, in colonial policing; and the transformation of East Africa into what was almost a province of India through the construction of the Uganda Railway. He concludes with a look at the decline of this Indian Ocean system after 1920 and considers to what extent India's participation in it opened opportunities for Indians to be a colonizing as well as a colonized people."--Jacket

The aftermath of revolt: India, 1857-1870 by Thomas R Metcalf( )

39 editions published between 1964 and 2015 in English and held by 1,942 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Mutiny of 1857 left a deep mark on Indian society and on the nature of British rule. Thomas Metcalf analyzes the influence of the Mutiny on many facets of Indian life and relations with Great Britain, examining social reform, education, land settlement policy, the position of the tenant and the moneylender, relations with the Indian states, the structure of the government, and the growth of racial sentiment. The author also makes an attempt to place the India of the 1860's in the broader context of Victorian liberalism. The view emerges that the relations between the British and the Indian people were decisively altered by the Mutiny. In fact the decade following the upheaval was possibly the last great creative period of British rule, and one in which the nature of many of the institutions that lasted to independence were shaped. Originally published in 1964.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

A concise history of India by Barbara Metcalf( Book )

23 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

While early histories were often composed as handmaids of British imperialism or as products of emerging nationalist identities, this book challenges the notion that a continuous meaning can be applied to social categories such as 'caste', 'Hindu', 'Muslim', or even 'India'. The narrative focuses on the fundamentally political theme of the imaginative and instituional structures that successively changed and sustained both colonial and independent India. It also documents the social changes and the rich cultural life that were constituted in interaction with that political structure and vision. Earlier chapters focus on the period of Muslim dynasties that preceded colonial conquest, and the book concludes with the dramatic recent events of the 1990s, including economic change, religious nationalism and India's emergence as a nuclear power. Illustrations and quotations from historical sources are integral to the narrative

Ideologies of the Raj by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

32 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 901 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Students of modern Indian history and the British Empire will find this book relevant & accessible. It examines how the British sought to justify their rule over India.--Résumé de l'éditeur

Modern India; an interpretive anthology by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

24 editions published between 1971 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 634 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An imperial vision : Indian architecture and Britain's raj by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

19 editions published between 1988 and 2002 in English and held by 627 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book looks at the relationship between culture and power expressed in architectural forms employed by the British in India. These buildings reflect the choices made by the British in their politics as imperial rulers

Land, landlords, and the British Raj : northern India in the nineteenth century by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

10 editions published in 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 463 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Forging the Raj : essays on British India in the heyday of empire by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

7 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 225 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Addressing a wide range of issues, the essays in this collection reflect the changing currents of scholarship in the historiography of India in the last four decades. Written over a span of forty years from the 1960s to the present, they demonstrate how Thomas R. Metcalf has shaped the emerging methodologies and trends to examine more enduring issues from various angles." "For its panoramic grasp of the issues which have been relevant to the history of colonial India, this remarkable collection will be indispensable to historians, young scholars and students interested in colonial history and historiography. Lucidly written, this volume will also be an engaging read for the informed general reader."--Jacket

Historia de la India by Barbara Metcalf( )

7 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in Spanish and held by 124 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Perceptions of South Asia's visual past( Book )

2 editions published in 1994 in English and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Seminar papers on art history; chiefly in the Indian context

The new Cambridge history of India : ideologies of the Raj by Thomas R Metcalf( )

12 editions published between 1993 and 2013 in English and held by 50 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

New Cambridge History of India vol. 3 part 4

Aftermath of revolt - india 1857-1970 by Thomas R Metcalf( )

7 editions published between 2015 and 2016 in English and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Mutiny of 1857 left a deep mark on Indian society and on the nature of British rule. Thomas Metcalf analyzes the influence of the Mutiny on many facets of Indian life and relations with Great Britain, examining social reform, education, land settlement policy, the position of the tenant and the moneylender, relations with the Indian states, the structure of the government, and the growth of racial sentiment. The author also makes an attempt to place the India of the 1860's in the broader context of Victorian liberalism. The view emerges that the relations between the British and the Indian people were decisively altered by the Mutiny. In fact the decade following the upheaval was possibly the last great creative period of British rule, and one in which the nature of many of the institutions that lasted to independence were shaped. Originally published in 1964. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905

Ideologies of the Raj by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

2 editions published between 1994 and 1998 in English and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Jian qiao Yin du jian shi by Mai Ka Fu( Book )

1 edition published in 2005 in Chinese and held by 29 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ideologies of the Raj by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ideologies of the Raj by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

5 editions published between 1994 and 2008 in English and held by 12 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An outline of the revolutionary era in Europe by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 11 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Storia dell'India by Barbara Metcalf( Book )

1 edition published in 2004 in Italian and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ideologies of the Raj by Thomas R Metcalf( Book )

3 editions published between 1994 and 2003 in English and held by 10 WorldCat member libraries worldwide