Creative pasts : historical memory and identity in western India, 1700-1960

Creative pasts : historical memory and identity in western India, 1700-1960 / Prachi Deshpande.

The ""Maratha period"" of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when an independent Maratha state successfully resisted the Mughals, is a defining era in the history of the region of Maharashtra in western India. In this book, Prachi Deshpande considers the importance of this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deshpande, Prachi
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Series:Cultures of history.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1700-1960.
Maratha (Indic people) > Historiography.
Group identity > India > Maharashtra.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Group identity
Historiography
Maratha (Indic people) > Historiography
Geschichtsschreibung
Maharashtra (India) > Historiography.
India > Maharashtra
Maharashtra
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedicaton; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Bakhar Historiography; 2. Representing Maratha Power; 3. History, Print, and Education; 4. Historiography and Nationalism; 5. Region, Nation, and Maratha History; 6. Maratha History and Historical Fiction; 7. Caste, Identity, and Difference; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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