2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Comparative Social History of British towns in 17-19th century India
| Project/Area Number |
23652171
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
History of Europe and America
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| Research Institution | Kyushu Institute of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
MIZUI Mariko 九州工業大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (90336090)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MIZUTANI Satoshi 同志社大学, グローバル地域文化学部, 准教授 (90411074)
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| Research Collaborator |
WADA Ikuko 京都大学, 非常勤講師 (80600717)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | イギリス東インド会社 / 植民都市社会史 / イギリス帝国 / 法慣習 / 境界領域 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research explored that the historical process of the towns in India which were established by the English East India Company (hereafter EIC) using the Company records as the primary sources. In this work, the towns settled by the Dutch East India Company were also dealt with for the comparative study. Focusing the aspect which the towns made their governing area clear by being granted the charters from the English Crown or Mughal Empire, this research discussed the cases of the towns of Madras and Bombay in the 17th century. The outcome of this research will be published as several articles in the two edited books by the end of March 2015. It drew the issues for the next research project, namely the nature of social history in the boundary of the towns planted by European Companies. It is also significant for the next research to learn how the various primary sources both in EIC period and in the Colonial period. connected.
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