History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200-2000

273 Pages·2019·4.988 MB·English

by  Sumit Guha, Padma Kaimal (editor), K. Sivaramakrishnan (editor), Anand A. Yang (editor)

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Book Title: History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200–2000
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K. Sivaramakrishnan
Anand A. Yang
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History and
Collective Memory
in South Asia,
1200–2000
sumit guha
university of washington press
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Book Title: History and Collective Memory in South Asia, 1200–2000
Book Author(s): SUMIT GUHA
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Contents
Preface: Revisiting Histories in the Post-truth Era ix
Acknowledgments xi
A Note on Translations and Diacritical Marks xiii
Introduction ................................................ 3
1 The Construction of Collective Memory:
Sites and Processes . .......................................... 9
2 The Many Pasts of the Indian Subcontinent . .................... 50
3 Social Structure and Historical Narration in
Western India .............................................. 83
4 History and Memory through the Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries . ....................................... 1 18
Conclusion ............................................... 176
Notes 179
Bibliography 203
Index 225
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