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OverviewIn this far-ranging and erudite exploration of the South Asian past, Sumit Guha discusses the shaping of social and historical memory in world-historical context. He presents memory as the result of both remembering and forgetting and of the preservation, recovery, and decay of records. By describing how these processes work through sociopolitical organizations, Guha delineates the historiographic legacy acquired by the British in colonial India; the creation of the centralized educational system and mass production of textbooks that led to unification of historical discourses under colonial auspices; and the divergence of these discourses in the twentieth century under the impact of nationalism and decolonization. Guha brings together sources from a range of languages and regions to provide the first intellectual history of the ways in which socially recognized historical memory has been made across the subcontinent. This thoughtful study contributes to debates beyond the field of history that complicate the understanding of objectivity and documentation in a seemingly post-truth world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sumit Guha , Padma Kaimal , K. Sivaramakrishnan , Anand A. YangPublisher: University of Washington Press Imprint: University of Washington Press Weight: 0.318kg ISBN: 9780295746210ISBN 10: 0295746211 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 04 November 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsGuha's expertise in early modern Indian history allows him to explore social structure and historical narration in western India in great depth. * Journal of Asian Studies * Guha's expertise in early modern Indian history allows him to explore social structure and historical narration in western India in great depth. * Journal of Asian Studies * Guha brings together sources from a range of languages and regions toprovide the rst intellectual history of the ways in which socially recognized historicalmemory has been made across the subcontinent. This thoughtful study contributes todebates beyond the eld of history that complicate the understanding of objectivityand documentation in a seemingly post-truth world. * New Books in South Asian Studies * Author InformationSumit Guha is professor of history at the University of Texas, Austin, and author of Beyond Caste: Identity and Power in South Asia, Past and Present and Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200–1991. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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