The construction of history and nationalism in India
Subtitle: textbooks, controversies and politics
By: Sylvie Guichard.
Series: Routledge advances in South Asian studies -- 17
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780415565066; 9780203848579
Subjects: Nationalism -- India -- History; National characteristics, East Indian; Hindutva; Secularism -- India; Nationalism and education -- India; Textbooks -- India; Textbook bias -- India; India -- Historiography -- Political aspects; India -- Historiography -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nation, religion and history; title: Textbooks, teachers and students; title: The debate in context; title: Enemies and defenders; title: Perspectives and silences.