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100 | 1 | ▼aAsif, Manan Ahmed.▲ | |
245 | 1 | 4 | ▼aThe loss of Hindustan :▼bthe invention of India /▼cManan Ahmed Asif.▲ |
260 | ▼aCambridge, Massachusetts :▼bHarvard University Press,▼c2020.▲ | ||
300 | ▼a321 p. ;▼c25 cm▲ | ||
500 | ▼aFirst Havard University Press papaerback deition, 2023.▲ | ||
504 | ▼aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-297) and index.▲ | ||
505 | 0 | ▼aIntroduction: The end of Hindustan -- The question of Hindustan -- An archive for Hindustan -- The places in Hindustan -- The peoples in Hindustan -- A history for Hindustan.▲ | |
520 | ▼a"The Loss of Hindustan presents a radical re-interpretation of how Europe came to see "India," and how "India" re-imagined history and in the process lost its identity of Hindustan as a home for all faiths. Asif uses Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, English, French, Portuguese, and German histories about the subcontinent to demonstrate the work of history writing in the subcontinent before European rule, and how the practice of history writing changed as a result of colonialism. Turning back to the subcontinent's medieval past, the author focuses on the monumental history of Hindustan by Firishta, "Tarikh-i Firishta" which was written ca 1608 CE in the central, Deccan, region of the subcontinent. Firishta became the key source for European philosophers (Voltaire, Kant, Hegel) and historians (Edward Gibbon, James Mill) in the eighteenth and nineteenth century"--▼cProvided by publisher.▲ | ||
650 | 0 | ▼aNationalism▼zIndia▼xHistory.▲ | |
650 | 0 | ▼aEuropeans▼xAttitudes▼xHistory.▲ | |
651 | 0 | ▼aIndia▼xHistoriography.▲ | |
651 | 0 | ▼aIndia▼xPublic opinion▼xHistory.▲ |
The loss of Hindustan : the invention of India
Document Type
Foreign Book
Title
The loss of Hindustan : the invention of India / Manan Ahmed Asif.
Author
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press , 2020.
Physical Description
321 p. ; 25 cm
General Note
First Havard University Press papaerback deition, 2023.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-297) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: The end of Hindustan -- The question of Hindustan -- An archive for Hindustan -- The places in Hindustan -- The peoples in Hindustan -- A history for Hindustan.
Summary Note
"The Loss of Hindustan presents a radical re-interpretation of how Europe came to see "India," and how "India" re-imagined history and in the process lost its identity of Hindustan as a home for all faiths. Asif uses Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, English, French, Portuguese, and German histories about the subcontinent to demonstrate the work of history writing in the subcontinent before European rule, and how the practice of history writing changed as a result of colonialism. Turning back to the subcontinent's medieval past, the author focuses on the monumental history of Hindustan by Firishta, "Tarikh-i Firishta" which was written ca 1608 CE in the central, Deccan, region of the subcontinent. Firishta became the key source for European philosophers (Voltaire, Kant, Hegel) and historians (Edward Gibbon, James Mill) in the eighteenth and nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
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ISBN
9780674987906 9780674292338
Call Number
954 A832l
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