Writing social history : Sumit Sarkar. Awarded the rabindra-smrtti-purashkar in 1998/

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TextLanguage: English Series: Oxford India paperbacks | Oxford India paperbacksPublication details: Delhi : Oxford University Press, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 390 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0195646339
9780195646337

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954 SAR

Contents:

1 The Many Worlds of Indian History (starting p. 1) -- 2 The Relevance of E. P. Thompson (starting p. 50) -- 3 The Decline of the Subaltern in Subaltern Studies (starting p. 82) -- 4 Edward Thompson and India: The Other Side of the Medal (starting p. 109) -- 5 The City Imagined: Calcutta of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (starting p. 159) -- 6 Renaissance and Kaliyuga: Time, Myth and History in Colonial Bengal (starting p. 186) -- 7 Vidyasagar and Brahmanical Society (starting p. 216) -- 8 Kaliyuga, Chakri and Bhakti: Ramakrishna and His Times (starting p. 282) -- 9 Identity and Difference: Caste in the Formation of the Ideologies of Nationalism and Hindutva (starting p. 358)

Summary: "The essays in this volume seek to combine empirical study of specific themes pertaining to late-colonial Indian history with interventions in current debates on the extent and nature of Western cultural domination. They range from a study of liberal British attitudes to essays on Vidyasagar and Ramakrishna; from the relevance of E. P. Thompson to the decline of the subaltern in Subaltern Studies; from a village scandal in Bengal to the evolving urban landscape of its capital, Calcutta." "This book, by one of India's most distinguished historians, will be of great value to all who are interested in modern Indian history, cultural studies, gender issues, and the relationship of historiography to contemporary theoretical work."--BOOK JACKET.

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Originally published: 1997.

1 The Many Worlds of Indian History (starting p. 1) --
2 The Relevance of E. P. Thompson (starting p. 50) --
3 The Decline of the Subaltern in Subaltern Studies (starting p. 82) --
4 Edward Thompson and India: The Other Side of the Medal (starting p. 109) --
5 The City Imagined: Calcutta of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (starting p. 159) --
6 Renaissance and Kaliyuga: Time, Myth and History in Colonial Bengal (starting p. 186) --
7 Vidyasagar and Brahmanical Society (starting p. 216) --
8 Kaliyuga, Chakri and Bhakti: Ramakrishna and His Times (starting p. 282) --
9 Identity and Difference: Caste in the Formation of the Ideologies of Nationalism and Hindutva (starting p. 358)

"The essays in this volume seek to combine empirical study of specific themes pertaining to late-colonial Indian history with interventions in current debates on the extent and nature of Western cultural domination. They range from a study of liberal British attitudes to essays on Vidyasagar and Ramakrishna; from the relevance of E. P. Thompson to the decline of the subaltern in Subaltern Studies; from a village scandal in Bengal to the evolving urban landscape of its capital, Calcutta." "This book, by one of India's most distinguished historians, will be of great value to all who are interested in modern Indian history, cultural studies, gender issues, and the relationship of historiography to contemporary theoretical work."--BOOK JACKET.

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