Description
This volume of essays focuses on the fresh set of problems that post-Independence historiography has brought to the fore. It covers areas such as the integration of archaeology with narratives of early Indian history; the trajectories of social change and social formation; the historical position of ideology and its shifts; and, importantly, how ways of communicating knowledge of the past is now increasingly under non-academic fundamentalist onslaught.
A study of the problems brought to the fore by post-Independence historiography.
About the Author
Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya was educated at Calcutta and Cambridge. He has taught at Burdwan University, Viswabharati and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, where he is currently Professor of History.
Book Information
ISBN 9781843311324
Author Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya
Format Hardback
Page Count 268
Imprint Anthem Press
Publisher Anthem Press
Weight(grams) 454g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 26mm