| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) |
| Series |
Cultures of history |
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Cultures of history.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedicaton; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bakhar Historiography; 2. Representing Maratha Power; 3. History, Print, and Education; 4. Historiography and Nationalism; 5. Region, Nation, and Maratha History; 6. Maratha History and Historical Fiction; 7. Caste, Identity, and Difference; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
The ""Maratha period"" of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. In this book, Prachi Deshpande considers the importance of this period for a variety of political projects including anticolonial/Hindu nationalism and the non-Brahman movement, as well as popular debates throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries concerning the meaning of tradition, culture, and the experience of colonialism and modernity. Sampling from a ric |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-295) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Maratha (Indic people) -- Historiography
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Group identity -- India -- Maharashtra
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HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
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Group identity
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Historiography
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Maratha (Indic people) -- Historiography
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Geschichtsschreibung
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| SUBJECT |
Maharashtra (India) -- Historiography
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| Subject |
India -- Maharashtra
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Maharashtra
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2006023551 |
| ISBN |
9780231511438 |
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0231511434 |
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