Dialogue and History - Constructing South India, 1795-1895

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About the author

Eugene F. Irschick is Professor of History at the University of California at Berkeley and author of Tamil Revivalism in the 1930s (1986).

Summary

Deftly questions the conventional wisdom that knowledge about a colonial culture is unilaterally defined by its rulers. Focusing on nineteenth-century South India, this title demonstrates that a society's view of its history results from a 'dialogic process' involving its constituencies.

Product details

• Authors: Eugene F. Irschick, Irschick Eugene F.
• Assisted by: Eugene F. Irschick (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.1994
• EAN: 9780520084056
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08405-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, C 1700 To C 1800, National liberation and independence, HISTORY / Asia / South / India