India category: 2353 books
Talking Back
The Idea of Civilization in the India Nationalist Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2011
British histories in the nineteenth century were by and large monologues. From the turn of the century Indians began to 'talk back', questioning colonial assumptions and narratives of India's past. What was the point of this endeavour? What was said when the Indians began to talk back? What was the...
Becoming Assamese
Colonialism and New Subjectivities in Northeast India
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
This book explores the making of colonial Northeast India and offers a new perspective to the study of the Assamese identity in the nineteenth century as a distinctly nineteenth-century cultural phenomenon, not confined to linguistic parameters alone. It studies crucial markers of the self — history,...
Caste System In India
A Historical Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
The book consists of well-written, well analysed and well research material of eight chapters in a comprehensive way with caste system : early stages, evolution of castes, castes in India, social reforms, caste system in modern India, caste determines social status, etc. written in a lucid style.
by COLONEL JOHN BIDDULPH
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
The Pirates Of Malabar, And An Englishwoman In India Two Hundred Years Ago by John Biddulph or Colonel John Biddulph.He was the British soldier,author and naturalist who served in the government of British India.
Exploring the West
Three Travel Narratives
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2009
Inverting the conventional imagery of Europeans' travel narratives about South Asia, this omnibus brings together three fascinating accounts of Indian interaction with the West. It raises interesting questions about cross-cultural encounters. Is the West objectively perceived and represented? Do observers...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2008
This book analyzes the diverse facets of the social history of health and medicine in colonial India. It explores a unique set of themes that capture the diversities of India, such as public health, medical institutions, mental illness and the politics and economics of colonialism. Based on inter-disciplinary...
Subjects, Citizens and Law
Colonial and independent India
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
This volume investigates how, where and when subjects and citizens come into being, assert themselves and exercise subjecthood or citizenship in the formation of modern India. It argues for the importance of understanding legal practice – how rights are performed in dispute and negotiation – from...
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Patna : (India) Travel Guide
Ultimate Handbook Guide to Patna : (India) Travel Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The Ultimate Handbook Guide to Patna : (India) is your second passport to everything interesting and relevant. It provides you with up-to-date advice on what to see and what hidden discoveries await you.
by Arthur Lillie
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2012
Arthur Lillie served in the British Army in India in the 1850s, when he was first exposed to Eastern religions. He wrote numerous books on Buddhism and Hinduism, and also was interested in apocryphyl books of the New Testament. Although Lillie's books on religion were not well-received by religion scholars...
by EDWARD WASHBURN HOPKINS
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2016
The Religions of India by Edward Washburn Hopkins.This book is about a diversity of religious beliefs and practices of Indian.The book will tell you about history of India,the religion of Indian.
Unheeded Hinterland
Identity and sovereignty in Northeast India
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Thisbook presents a comprehensive account of the debates on sovereignty, self-determination and nationalist upsurges in India’s Northeast, especially Assam. At a deeper level, it analyses how multi-ethnic societies engage with the nation state. Based on the framework of international relations and...
by John McLeod
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2015
Written for high school students and general readers who have little background on the world's largest democracy, this second edition of a popular work provides an objective overview of Indian history with a particular focus on the modern nation. Approximately half of the book deals with developments...
by Dr. Rekha Pande
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2005
The book attempts to explore the Bhakti Movement in Medieval India beginning from 7th century to 18th century. It also highlights the attitude of the male Bhaktas to women and creation of an alternate space by the women sources like inscriptions and literary texts have been used and traced the growth...
Images and Contexts
The Historiography of Science and Modernity in India
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
This volume situates the historiography of science in India within a social theory of science. It deals with paradigm shift within science studies, the move away from a West-centric theory of science, and future trends and possibilities. The book takes up several strands from the corpus of writing...