Radha Kapuria is Assistant Professor in South Asian History at Durham University. This book draws on her PhD work at King's College London, which was nominated for the 2019 Bayly Prize. Her work straddles history, cultural studies, ethnomusicology, and gender studies. As well as interest in the Partition, she is currently also a co-editor and collaborator on projects exploring the intersections of regional, sonic, and environmental histories of South Asia.

• List of Figures Acknowledgements Note on Translation and Transliteration Prologue Introduction 1: Of Musicians, Dancers, and the Maharaja: Gender, Power, and Affect in Ranjit Singh's Lahore 2: Mirasis, Missionaries, and Memsahibs: Folklore and Music in Colonial Punjab 3: Gender, Reform, and Punjab's Musical Publics: Colonial Lahore, Amritsar, and Jalandhar, 1870s-1930s 4: Princely Patronage and Musicians: Modernity and Circulation in Colonial Patiala and Kapurthala Conclusion Bibliography

Music in Colonial Punjab is an important contribution to the cultural history of the Punjab. Kapuria has recovered an untold social history of music in the region that adds complexity to our understanding of colonial Punjab's history.