Michael Fisher (Oberlin College)

Michael H. Fisher
Professor of South Asian History
and Chair of History Department
Oberlin College
Oberlin, Ohio 44074 USA

phone: 440-775-8524
fax:   440-775-8124
email: ffisher@oberlin.edu

Description of work:

Subject Interests: modern Indian history, modern South Asian history,
British indirect rule over Indian Princely States, British annexations of
India, Awadh, Oudh, Residency system, early Indian emigration to Britain
and Ireland, political control over communications from Mughal Empire
through British Raj, Akhbarat, Dak, postal communications, early
newspapers and newswriting in India.