Invoking the past
Subtitle: the uses of history in South Asia
By: edited by Daud Ali.
Contributors: Ali, Daud.; University of London. School of Oriental and African Studies.
Series: SOAS studies on South Asia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Delhi; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Nationalism -- South Asia -- Congresses.; Nationalism -- South Asia -- Congresses.; South Asia -- History -- Congresses.; South Asia -- Civilization -- Congresses.; South Asia -- History -- Congresses.; South Asia -- Historiography -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: "The essays in this volume reflect on an undeniably important form of knowledge: history." "The essays in this volume alert us to the problem of the shifting significance and place of the past at different moments in the history of South Asia. They also suggest the need for a more nuanced and sustained examination of the often stereotypical attributes of pre-colonial, colonial, and nationalist history."--Jacket.
Notes: Conference proceedings.
Published in association with the School of Oriental and African Studies.