Rethinking the local in Indian history : perspecives from southern Bengal /
This volume looks at the concept of the 'local' in Indian history. Through a case study of Bengal, it studies how worldwide currents, be it colonial governance, pedagogic practices or intellectual rhythms, simultaneously inform and interact with particular local idioms to produce variegate...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2022.
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| Summary: | This volume looks at the concept of the 'local' in Indian history. Through a case study of Bengal, it studies how worldwide currents, be it colonial governance, pedagogic practices or intellectual rhythms, simultaneously inform and interact with particular local idioms to produce variegated histories of a region. It examines the processes through which the idea of the 'local' gets constituted in different spatial entities such as the frontier province of the Jangal-mahal, the Sundarbans, the dry terrain of Birbhum-Bankura-Purulia, and the urban spaces of Calcutta and other small towns. The volume further discusses the various administrative as well as amateur representations of these settings to chart out the ways through which certain spaces get associated with a particular image or history. The chapters in the volume explore a variety of themes, textual representations of the region, epistemic practices and educational policies, as well as administrative maneuvers and governmental practices which helped the state in mapping its people. An important contribution in the study of Indian history, this interdisciplinary work will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of science and technology studies, history, sociology and social anthropology and south Asian studies. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 226 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367514136 0367514133 9781032055336 1032055332 |