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This is a collection of essays on historiography written in the period between 1961 and 1994. Some of these were published in learned journals and books in Europe, India and Australia, while others appear in this book for the first time. Together they are an exploration into historiography. The author, using the old tools of history, neglected by the postmodernists, draws the attention of the young historians to the future of our past. The book starts with the role of the historian in society; then in three other essays the author discusses the methods in the study of the history and state. Yet another essay deals with the historiography of nationalism. The book ends with an essay on 'autobiography as history'.

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Author:   S.N. Mukherjee
Publisher:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Imprint:   Manohar Publishers and Distributors
Volume:   No. 13
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9788173041419

ISBN 10:   8173041415
Pages:   162
Publication Date:   20 November 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface vii Introduction ix The Citizen Historian 1 The Social Implications of the Political Thought of Raja Rammohun Roy 11 Raja Rammohun Roy and the Status of Women in Bengal in the Nineteenth Century 41 The Idea of the Village Community and the British Administrators 66 Politics and Poetics: Sir William Jones and the Debate on Aesthetics in the Eighteenth Century 75 Satinath Bhaduri's 'The Vigil': An Essay on the Novel and History 92 Origins of Indian Nationalism: Some Questions on the Historiography of Modern India 104 The Tradition of Rama Gupta and the Indian Nationalist Historians 120 Polygamy and Genealogy in the Gupta Age: A Note on Feudalism from Above in Ancient India 126 My Discovery of Nehru: Autobiography as History 138

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S.N. Mukherjee has taught History at Oxford, Cambridge and Sydney. At present he is a visiting Professor at the School of Asian Studies, University of Sydney. He is the author of several books including Sir William Jones: A Study in Eighteenth-century British Attitudes to India; Calcutta: Myth and History; and Calcutta: Essays in Urban History. He has also edited a number of books including Elites in South Asia (with Professor Sir Edmund Leach); Feudalism: Comparative Studies (with Professor Sir Edmund and Dr John O. Ward); Revolution as History (with Dr Ward); and Women in India and Nepal (with Professor M. Allen).

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