David Cheesman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1247828 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Cheesman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Cheesman |
| SIGNATURE | CHEESMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sheffield Hallam University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Butskell and the Empire
When Labour won power in 1945, it had no plans for dismantling the remaining colonial empire following Indian independence. Nevertheless, within a quarter of a century, the British and other European empires had been virtually wiped off the map. This paper examines parliamentary attitudes towards the colonial empire, and specifically Africa, in the decade during which the decolonisation policy was formulated. Covering the decade from the first po…
Landlord Power and Rural Indebtedness in Colonial Sind
The Omnipresent Bania
After revisiting Sind in 1876, Sir Richard Burton wrote, 'The Hindu's reed-pen is a rod of iron and abjectly the unhappy Sindi trembles before it.' By 'Hindu,' Burton meant the Hindu bania, the trader and moneylender, and by 'Sindi' he meant the Sindhi Muslim zamindar (landholder), the perennial debtor. The creditor tyrannized over the debtor, imposing ever harsher and more inequitable terms on him. What is interesting is that Burton scarcely app…
Power in rural Sind in the late nineteenth century
The Omnipresent Bania
After revisiting Sind in 1876, Sir Richard Burton wrote, 'The Hindu's reed-pen is a rod of iron and abjectly the unhappy Sindi trembles before it.' By 'Hindu,' Burton meant the Hindu bania, the trader and moneylender, and by 'Sindi' he meant the Sindhi Muslim zamindar (landholder), the perennial debtor. The creditor tyrannized over the debtor, imposing ever harsher and more inequitable terms on him. What is interesting is that Burton scarcely app…
Power in rural Sind in the late nineteenth century
Power in rural Sind in the late nineteenth century
The Omnipresent Bania
After revisiting Sind in 1876, Sir Richard Burton wrote, 'The Hindu's reed-pen is a rod of iron and abjectly the unhappy Sindi trembles before it.' By 'Hindu,' Burton meant the Hindu bania, the trader and moneylender, and by 'Sindi' he meant the Sindhi Muslim zamindar (landholder), the perennial debtor. The creditor tyrannized over the debtor, imposing ever harsher and more inequitable terms on him. What is interesting is that Burton scarcely app…
Landlord Power and Rural Indebtedness in Colonial Sind
Butskell and the Empire
When Labour won power in 1945, it had no plans for dismantling the remaining colonial empire following Indian independence. Nevertheless, within a quarter of a century, the British and other European empires had been virtually wiped off the map. This paper examines parliamentary attitudes towards the colonial empire, and specifically Africa, in the decade during which the decolonisation policy was formulated. Covering the decade from the first po…
Political science (4 works) · Economic history (3 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Power (physics (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (2 works)