The history of history [electronic resource] : politics and scholarship in modern India / Vinay Lal.
Lal, Vinay| Call Number | 907.20954 |
| Author | Lal, Vinay. |
| Title | The history of history politics and scholarship in modern India / Vinay Lal. |
| Publication | New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2005. |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xi, 325 p.) |
| Notes | Originally published: 2003. |
| Summary | A contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politics of history-writing in India. It narrates the engagement of a civilisation with the historical sensibility and modality. In doing so, it asserts that history, in order to be understood better, has to deploy the language of the layperson in India. |
| Subject | Politics and culture India. History Study and teaching India. India Historiography. |
| Multimedia |
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| Summary | A contribution to the understanding of Indian history as a discipline, this book explores the politics of history-writing in India. It narrates the engagement of a civilisation with the historical sensibility and modality. In doing so, it asserts that history, in order to be understood better, has to deploy the language of the layperson in India. |
| Notes | Originally published: 2003. |
| Subject | Politics and culture India. History Study and teaching India. India Historiography. |
| Multimedia |