Maria Misra is a Lecturer in

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and a

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, specialising in the politics, culture, and

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of nineteenth- and twentieth-century

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and

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. She has written two books on Indian history: ''Business, Race and Politics in British India'' and '' Vishnu's Crowded Temple, India since the Great Rebellion''. The latter, published by

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to be timed with India's 60 years of independence, addresses the question of how India's traditions of caste and religious identities are able to coexist with a modern democratic state on its way to becoming a major economic power. She has presented a television documentary series on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century

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which was broadcast in 2001, has written for the ''

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'', ''The Times'' and ''The Financial Times'' and has contributed to the '' Saturday Review'' on Radio 4. She is a columnist for the ''

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Publications

* "Politics and Expatriate Enterprise in India: The Inter-War Years" in ''Business and Politics in India: A Historical Perspective'' (ed. D.Tripathi), (New Delhi, 1991) * ''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'' (ed. R.E. Dumett), (Basingstoke, 1999) pp 157–174 * "Business Culture and Entrepreneurship in British India, 1860-1950", ''Modern Asian Studies'' 34:2 (2000) pp 333–348

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