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Religion, science, and empire : classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India /

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Peter Gottschalk offers a compelling study of how, through the British implementation of scientific taxonomy in the subcontinent, Britons and Indians identified an inherent divide between mutually antagonistic religious communities.

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Main Author: Gottschalk, Peter, 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Religion and sociology > India > History.
Religion and science > India > History.
Religion and politics > India > History.
Chainpur (Bihar, India) > Historiography.
India > History > British occupation, 1765-1947.
Sociologie religieuse > Inde > Histoire.
Religion et sciences > Inde > Histoire.
Religion et politique > Inde > Histoire.
Inde > Histoire > 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Historiography
Religion and politics
Religion and science
Religion and sociology
India
India > Chainpur (Bihar)
1765-1947
Electronic books.
History
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Call Number: BL2007.5 .G68 2013eb
 
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