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Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India / by I. Sengupta, D. Ali.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History, 2945-6649
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social history.
- Asia--History.
- Asia.
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Education--History.
- Education.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- Imperialism.
- Social History.
- Asian History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- History of Education.
- Cultural History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Local Subjects:
- Social History.
- Asian History.
- History of Britain and Ireland.
- History of Education.
- Cultural History.
- Imperialism and Colonialism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2011.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume seeks to revise the Saidian analytical framework which dominated research on the subject of colonial knowledge for almost two decades, which emphasized colonial knowledge as a series of representations of colonial hegemony. It seeks to contribute to research in the field by analyzing knowledge in colonial India as a dynamic process.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- PART I: PRODUCING COLONIAL KNOWLEDGE * What's in a (Proper) Name? Particulars, Individuals and Authorship in the Linguistic Survey of India and Colonial Scholarship
- Javed Majeed * The Floating Lexicon: Hobson-Jobson and the OED
- Kate Teltscher * Missions and Museums: Hindu Gods and Other "Abominations," 1820-1860
- Geoffrey Oddie * Antiquarian Knowledge and Preservation of Indian Monuments at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
- Ann Julie Etter * PART II: HISTORICAL PLACE, HISTORICAL PASTS * Landscapes of the Past: Rajatarangini and Historical Knowledge Production in Late-Nineteenth-Century Kashmir
- Chitralekha Zutshi * Jaunpur, Ruination, and Conservation during the Colonial Era
- Michael Dodson * The Qutb Minar in Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Asar us-anadid
- David Lelyveld * PART III: PEDAGOGY AND TRANSFORMATION * Promoting Scientism: Institutions for Gathering and Disseminating Knowledge in British Bihar
- Peter Gottschalk * Old Books in New Bindings: Ethics and Education in Colonial India
- Avril Powell * Teaching Emotions. Victorian Values and Sharafat in Nineteenth-century Delhi
- Margrit Pernau.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contains:
- Majeed, Javed. What's in a (proper) name?
- ISBN:
- 9786613124180
- 9781283124188
- 1283124181
- 9780230119000
- 023011900X
- OCLC:
- 728645581
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