The history of history

"This scholarly but extremely readable study will appeal to students and scholars of post-colonial and cultural studies, historians, and specialists in Indian studies as well as informed general readers interested in the increasingly important question of the role of history in the public domain."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: One day in 1838, a number of forward-looking Bengali men constituted themselves into a 'Society for the Acquisition of General Knowledge.'

Year

2003

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Editions

1

Pages

338

ISBN

9780195672442

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