Faculty Postholders
Dr Maria Misra
M.A., D.Phil.
Lecturer (CUF) in Modern History
Email: anna-maria.misra@keble.ox.ac.uk
Research Interests
Dr Misra has written on the politics, culture and economics of nineteenth and twentieth-century imperialism and colonialism. She is currently writing a new history of modern India for Penguin. Her broader interests lie in the comparative impact of colonial ideas and ideologies on post-colonial Asia.
Selected Publications:
- 'Politics and Expatriate Enterprise in India: The Inter-War Years' in Business and Politics in India: A Historical Perspective. (New Delhi, 1991)
- 'Co-option or Coercion in India 1857-1947: Indian Big Business', Contemporary Record. Vol 6, 3 (1992)
- Business, Race and Politics in British India c.1860-1960. (Oxford, 1999) 250pp.
- 'Gentlemanly Capitalism and the Raj: British Policy in India, c. 1860-1947' in Gentlemanly Capitalism and British Imperialism: The New Debate of Empire. (Basingstoke, 1999) pp. 157-174
- ''Business culture' and entrepreneurship in British India, 1860-1950', Modern Asian Studies. Vol 34, 2 (2000) pp. 333-348
- 'Lessons of Empire: Britain and India', SAIS Review: Journal of International Affairs. Vol XXIII(2) (2003) pp. 133-153
- 'The Raj and India: Lessons and Legacies', Journal of the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). (2004)
- 'Sergeant Major Gandhi: Indian Nationalism and Non-Violent 'Martiality'' in . (http://oxhistonline.modhist.ox.ac.uk/publications/18/, 2007)
- Vishnu's Crowded Temple: India since the Great Rebellion . (2007) 536pp.
Future Publications:
- Modern India, a New History, 1860-2000. (London, 2007) c. 500pp.
- 'Gandhi's Militarism', Journal of Political Ideologies. (2007)
- 'Globalising 'Tradition' and the Semi-Official Mind of Empire ' in . (http://oxhistonline.modhist.ox.ac.uk/publications/19/, 2007)
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