The origins of modern historiography in India : antiquarianism and philology, 1780-1880 /
The origins of modern historiography in India : antiquarianism and philology, 1780-1880 /
Rama Sundari Mantena
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
- (277 p.)
- Palgrave studies in cultural and intellectual history .
This book uncovers practices surrounding acts of collecting, surveying, and antiquarianism during British colonial rule in India. By examining these practices, this book traces the colonial conditions of the production of 'sources,' the forging of a new historical method, and the ascendance of positivist historiography in nineteenth-century India.
9780230341012
954.03072
This book uncovers practices surrounding acts of collecting, surveying, and antiquarianism during British colonial rule in India. By examining these practices, this book traces the colonial conditions of the production of 'sources,' the forging of a new historical method, and the ascendance of positivist historiography in nineteenth-century India.
9780230341012
954.03072