Rethinking the local in Indian history : perspecives from Southern Bengal / edited by Kaustubh Mani...
Rethinking the local in Indian history : perspecives from Southern Bengal / edited by Kaustubh Mani...
Rethinking the local in Indian history : perspecives from Southern Bengal / edited by Kaustubh Mani Sengupta and Tista Das.
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Call Numbers
G 2021/1593
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction / Kaustubh Mani Sengupta and Tista Das -- Dynastic times : a chronology for memories in Bishnupur / Paulami Guha Biswas -- Tidal histories : envisioning the Sundarbans, 1860s-1920s / Aviroop Sengupta -- Representations of Manbhum and Purulia in Orientalist texts and the task of salvagin...
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2022.
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Summary
"This volume looks at the concept of the 'local' in Indian history. Through a case study of Bengal, it studies how worldwide currents-be it colonial governance, pedagogic practices, or intellectual rhythms-simultaneously inform and interact with particular local idioms to produce variegated histories of a region. It examines the processes through w...
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Rethinking the local in Indian history : perspecives from Southern Bengal / edited by Kaustubh Mani Sengupta and Tista Das.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2022
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G 2021/1593
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74VKaa6rqryM
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ISBN
0367514133
9780367514136
DDC
954.14035072
MMS ID
991024419670802626
