Mysore modern : rethinking the region under princely rule - Nair, Janaki (Minneapolis ; New Delhi : University of Minnesota Press ; Orient BlackSwan, 2011)
Introduction: reconceptualizing the modern, the region, and princely rule -- Tipu Sultan's war colors and the battle for perspective -- An illusion of permanence: visualizing legitimacy in Mysore -- Srirangapatna: capital city to topography of conquest -- The museumized cityscape of Mysore -- K. Venkatappa and the fashioning of a Mysore modern in art -- The illicit in the modern: banning the devadasi -- The licit in the modern: protecting the child wife -- Giving the state a nation: revisiting Karnataka's reunification.
Includes bibliographical references (p.327-344) and index.
Keywords: Karnataka (India) -- Politics and government; Karnataka (India) -- History; Karnataka (India) -- Social conditions; India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.