Religion, science, and empire : classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India /
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2013]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 421 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283713405 1283713403 9780199908332 0199908338 019997926X 9780199979264 |