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.
Mysore modern : rethinking the region under princely rule by Janaki Nair. ISBN 9780816673841. Published by University of Minnesota Press in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.