TY - BOOK AU - Ramusack,Barbara N. TI - The Indian princes and their states T2 - The New Cambridge history of India SN - 0521670470 AV - DS436 .R36 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press, KW - India KW - Kings and rulers KW - History KW - British occupation, 1765-1947 KW - Politics and government KW - 1765-1947 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-293) and index; Indian princes and British imperialism -- Princely state prior to 1800 -- The British construction of indirect rule-- The theory and experience of indirect rule in colonial India -- Princes as men, women, rulers, patrons, and Oriental stereotypes -- Princely states : administrative and economic structures -- Princely states : society and politics -- Federation or integration? ER -