A Concise History of India (Cambridge Concise Histories)

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A Concise History of India (Cambridge Concise Histories)

Description

In a challenging new history of modern India, the authors explore the imaginative and institutional structures that have changed and sustained the country. While previous histories have been composed as handmaids of British nationalism or as products of emerging nationalist identities, this book challenges the notion that a continuous meaning can be applied to social categories such as "caste," "Hindu," "Muslim," or even "India,". An initial chapter focuses on the period of Muslim dynasties that preceded colonial conquest, while the final chapter anal...

ISBN(s)

0521630274, 9780521630276

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