Author: Eugene F. Irschick
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520084055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Annotation Eugene Irschick deftly questions the conventional wisdom that knowledge about a colonial culture is unilaterally defined by its rulers. Focusing on nineteenth-century South India, he demonstrates that a society's view of its history results from a "dialogic process" involving all its constituencies. For centuries, agricultural life in South India was seminomadic. But when the British took dominion, they sought to stabilize the region by inventing a Tamil "golden age" of sedentary, prosperous villages. Irschick shows that this construction resulted not from overt British manipulation but from an intricate cross-pollination of both European and native ideas. He argues that the Tamil played a critical role in constructing their past and thus shaping their future. And British administrators adapted local customs to their own uses.
1795-1895. One Hundred Years of American Commerce
Author: Ch. M. Depew
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5874367624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5874367624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 467
Book Description
Dialogue and History
Author: Eugene F. Irschick
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520084055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Annotation Eugene Irschick deftly questions the conventional wisdom that knowledge about a colonial culture is unilaterally defined by its rulers. Focusing on nineteenth-century South India, he demonstrates that a society's view of its history results from a "dialogic process" involving all its constituencies. For centuries, agricultural life in South India was seminomadic. But when the British took dominion, they sought to stabilize the region by inventing a Tamil "golden age" of sedentary, prosperous villages. Irschick shows that this construction resulted not from overt British manipulation but from an intricate cross-pollination of both European and native ideas. He argues that the Tamil played a critical role in constructing their past and thus shaping their future. And British administrators adapted local customs to their own uses.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520084055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Annotation Eugene Irschick deftly questions the conventional wisdom that knowledge about a colonial culture is unilaterally defined by its rulers. Focusing on nineteenth-century South India, he demonstrates that a society's view of its history results from a "dialogic process" involving all its constituencies. For centuries, agricultural life in South India was seminomadic. But when the British took dominion, they sought to stabilize the region by inventing a Tamil "golden age" of sedentary, prosperous villages. Irschick shows that this construction resulted not from overt British manipulation but from an intricate cross-pollination of both European and native ideas. He argues that the Tamil played a critical role in constructing their past and thus shaping their future. And British administrators adapted local customs to their own uses.
The History of the London Missionary Society, 1795-1895
Author: Richard Lovett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London Missionary Society--history
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : London Missionary Society--history
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
AERO TRADER & CHOPPER SHOPPER, MAY 2006
Author: Causey Enterprises, LLC
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Publisher: Causey Enterprises, LLC
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Report of State Librarian
Author: Pennsylvania State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Report of the State Librarian
Author: Pennsylvania State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Includes catalogs of accessions and special bibliographical supplements.
Report of the State Librarian to the Legislature of Pennsylvania
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: Pennsylvania State Library
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pennsylvania
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Report of the State Librarian and Director of Museum of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania State Library and Museum (Harrisburg)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Travelers' World
Author: Harry LIEBERSOHN
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674040236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, The Travelers' World heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674040236
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
An unforgettable voyage filled with delightful characters, dramatic encounters, and rich cultural details, The Travelers' World heralds a moment of intellectual preparation for the modern global era. Harry Liebersohn examines the transformation of global knowledge during the great age of scientific exploration. We now travel effortlessly to distant places, but the questions about perception, truth, and knowledge that these intercontinental mediators faced still resonate.