Aryans and British India

"Aryans and British India is a seminal work and will be read and reread by serious students of Indian history for many generations."—Stanley Wolpert, author of India

"This is a creative and venturesome rethinking of issues of race, language, and caste in the British colonial understanding of India."—Aram A. Yengoyan, University of California, Davis

About the author

Thomas R. Trautmann is Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of Michigan and author of Lewis Henry Morgan and the Invention of Kinship (California, 1987) and Dravidian Kinship (1982).

Summary

Shows that 'Aryan,' a word that today evokes images of racial hatred and atrocity, was first used by Europeans to suggest bonds of kinship. This book features the history of British Orientalism and the ethnology of India.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas R. Trautmann, Trautmann Thomas R.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.1997
• EAN: 9780520205468
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20546-8
• No. of pages: 259
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Social issues & processes, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social and ethical issues, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies