Faculty Postholders
Dr David Washbrook
M.A., Ph.D.
Reader in Modern South Asian History
Research Interests
Dr Washbrook specialises in the history of Southern India between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries and has written on political, social, and economic and cultural themes. His publications include many essays in leading journals and edited collections.
Selected Publications:
- The Emergence of Provincial Politics: the Madras Presidency 1870-1920. (Cambridge, 1976)
- South India: Politcal Institutions and Political Change. (New Delhi, 1976)
- ''Cincuenta anos de desarrollo an la India'.', Istor. Vol Year III, Issue 10 (2002) pp. 25-41
- ''Sovereignty, Property, Land and Labour in Colonial South India'' in Constituting Modernity: Private Property in the East and West.. (London and New York, 2004) pp. 69-97
- ''South India 1770-1840: the Colonial Transition'', Modern Asian Studies. Vol 38(3) (2004) pp. 479-516
- 'Towards a History of the Present: Southern Perspectives on the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.' in From the Colonial to the Postcolonial: India and Pakistan in Transition. (Oxford, 2007) pp. 332-357
- 'India in the Early Modern World Economy: Modes of Production, Reproduction and Exchange ', Journal of Global History. Vol 2(1) (2007) pp. 87-111
Research Interests and Activities
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