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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gottschalk, Peter, 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
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