Margrit Pernau

Civilizing Emotions

Concepts in Nineteenth Century Asia and Europe

At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the vocabulary of civility and civilization is very much at the forefront of political debate. Most of t...

Ashraf into Middle Classes

Muslims in Nineteenth-century Delhi

This book studies changing formations of Muslim identities in nineteenth-century Delhi, under later Mughals and in the early days of the British Raj. ...

Emotions and Modernity in Colonial India

From Balance to Fervor

With this pioneering project, Margrit Pernau brings the ‘history of emotions’ approach to South Asian studies. A theoretically sophisticated and e...

Learning How to Feel

Children's Literature and Emotional Socialization, 1870-1970

Learning How to Feel explores the ways in which children and adolescents learn not just how to express emotions that are thought to be pre-existing, b...

The Passing of Patrimonialism

Politics and Political Culture in Hyderabad, 1911-1948

This Book Takes A Closer Look At The Changes Which Took Place In The Twentieth Century, In The State Of Hyderabad During The Time Of Its Last Ruler, N...

Emotions and Temporalities

This Element brings together the history of emotions and temporalities, offering a new perspective on both. Time was often imagined as a movement from...

The passing of patrimonialism

politics and political culture in Hyderabad 1911-1948

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Jamia's Aapa Jaan. The Many Lifeworlds of Gerda Philipsborn

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