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India: A Global Studies Handbookby: Fritz Blackwell
This text is an all-encompassing look at India - a land as diverse as its religions and as vibrant as its vast population. Home to the world's largest democracy, India is not only a news-maker but a policy shaper in the Asian subcontinent. Facing population pressures and economic struggles,... |
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book Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society: v.1 |
Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society: v.1by: Ranajit Guha
Some extracts from reviews: '...the radically new programme of historical research initiated by a group of historians ...has firmly established itself as perhaps the most interesting approach in the field of South Asian Studies ...' Indian Book Chronicle '...brings home to us the urgent need to... |
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book Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society: v.5 |
Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society: v.5by: Ranajit Guha
This is a reissue in Oxford India Paperbacks of the previous paperback edition of this work. |
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Historyby: John Arnold
There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's Very Short Introduction is a stimulating essay about how we study and understand history. The book begins by... |
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What is History?
Since its first publication in 1961 E.H. Carr's "What is History?" has established itself as the classic introduction to the subject. Ranging across topics such as historical objectivity, society and the individual, the nature of causation, and the possibility of progress, Carr delivered an... |
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Rethinking Historyby: Keith Jenkins
History means many things to many people. But finding an answer to the question 'What is history?' is a task few feel equipped to answer nowadays. And yet, at the same time, history has never been more popular - whether in the press, on the television or at the movies. In understanding our... |
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Writing Ancient Historyby: Neville Morley
How do ancient historians "do" ancient history? This book, aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, discusses key debates in the theory and philosophy of history in relation to the practice of ancient history. |
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A History of Britain: v.1: At the Edge of the World? - 3000 BC-AD 1603by: Simon Schama
Change - sometimes gentle and subtle sometimes shocking and violent - is the dynamic of Schama's unapologetically personal, grippingly written history, especially the changes that wash over custom and habit, transforming our loyalties. At the heart of his history lies a question of compelling... |
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A History of Britain: v.3: Fate of Empire; 1776-2001by: Simon Schama
Britain never had the kind of revolution experienced by France in 1789, but it did come close. In the mid-1770s the country was intoxicated by a great surge of political energy. Re-discovering England's wildernesses, the intellectuals of the "Romantic generation" also discovered the plight of the... |
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A People's History of Britainby: Rebecca Fraser
It is Rebecca Fraser's aim to write a dramatic - indeed passionate - narrative which will form a lively and refreshing introduction to traditional history. One of her main themes about British history is freedom. Every since Caractacus and Boudicca surprised the Romans with the bravery of their... |
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