The loss of Hindustan : the invention of India / Manan Ahmed Asif.
The loss of Hindustan : the invention of India / Manan Ahmed Asif.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
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G 2020/4204
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English
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Physical content
321 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: The end of Hindustan -- The question of Hindustan -- An archive for Hindustan -- The places in Hindustan -- The peoples in Hindustan -- A history for Hindustan.
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Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Massachusetts
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"The Loss of Hindustan presents a radical re-interpretation of how Europe came to see "India," and how "India" re-imagined history and in the process lost its identity of Hindustan as a home for all faiths. Asif uses Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, English, French, Portuguese, and German histories about the subcontinent to demonstrate the work of history...
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The loss of Hindustan : the invention of India / Manan Ahmed Asif.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-297) and index.
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©2020
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G 2020/4204
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74VKavo6zjpZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKavo6zjpZ
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ISBN
067498790X
9780674987906
DDC
954
MMS ID
991024357610702626
