Author: Laxmikanta MishraPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The Book Historians And Historiography Of Orissa: A Study In Perception And Appropriation Orissan History Is The Result Of The Authors Years Of Painstaking Research In The Area Of Orissan Historiography. The Broad, Contours, Parameters And The Detours Of Historiographical Perception Of Orissan History Right From The Ancient Period Till The Modern Has Been Comprehensively Drawn Which Remained Till The Present A More Or Less Unexplored Rea. Besides Historiography Of The Ancient And Medieval Period, The Modern Historiography Of Orissa Which Began With The British Period, Has Been Analysed Broadly Under Such Categories As Orientalist-Colonialist, Nationalist, Biased And Sober Historical Writings. Further Since The Raj Remained, All Through The Imperial Rule In India, The Central Piece Of The British Empire, The Historiography Of The British Period In Orissa Has Been Discussed In The Backdrop Of The Multi-Dimensional Aspects Of The Perceptions And Sensibilties Which Denote The British Attitude To Indian History. The Book Is A Pioneering Attempt On Orissan Historiography. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Indian Historiography: A Review: Chapter 3: Historiography Of Orissa; Chapter 4: The Raj Syndrome And General Historiography; Chapter 5: Orientalis-Colonialist Historiography, Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century Orissa, Early Historians: First Half Of Nineteenth Cneutyr; Hunter S Orissa: Perspectives Of The Raj, John Beames Vision Of Orissa, The Politico-Administrative Historiography Of Orissa; Chapter 6: Nationalist Historians, Pyarimohan Acharya, Jagabandhu Singh; Pandit Nilakantha Dash, Pandit Krupasindhu Mishra, Birupakshya Kar; Chapter 7: Some Biased Historical Writings On Orissa, Rajendra Lal Mitra, Bijoy Chandra Majumdar; Chapter 8: Some Sober Historical Writings On Orissa, Manmohan Chakraborty, Bishen Swarup, Manmohan Ganguly, Rakhal Das Banerji, Benimadhab Barua, Binayak Mishra, Nirmal Kumar Bose; Chapter 9: Conclusion.
