Civilizing missions in colonial and postcolonial South Asia : from improvement to development / / edited by Carey A. Watt and Michael Mann [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vi, 337 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 954.03 |
Collana | Anthem South Asian Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Missions - India - History - 19th century
Missions - India - History - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-283-37714-4
9786613377142 0-85728-830-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the relevance and complexity of civilizing missions c. 1800-2010 / Carey A. Watt -- Conjecturing rudeness: James Mill's utilitarian philosophy of history and the British civilizing mission / Adam Knowles -- Art, artefacts and architecture: Lord Curzon, the Delhi Arts Exhibition of 1902-03 and the improvement of India's aesthetics / Michael Mann -- Incorportaion and differentiation: popular education and the imperial civilizing mission in early nineteenth century India / Jana Tschurenev -- Reclaiming savages in 'darkest England' and 'darkest India': the Salvation Army as transnational agent of the civilizing mission / Harald Fischer-Tiné -- Mediating modernity: colonial state, Indian nationalism and the renegotiation of the 'civilizing mission' in the Indian child marriage debate of 1927-1932 / Andrea Major -- 'Civilizing sisters': writings on how to save women, men, society and the nation in late colonial India / Shobna Nijhawan -- From 'social reform' to 'social service': Indian civic activism and the civilizing mission in colonial Bombay c. 1900-20 / Proshant Kidambi -- Female infanticide and the civilizing mission in postcolonial India: a case study from Tamil Nadu c. 1980-2006 / Shahid Perwez -- Philanthropy and civilizing missions in India c. 1820-1960: states, NGOs and development / Carey A. Watt -- Afterward: improvement, progress and development / Michael Mann. |
Altri titoli varianti | Civilizing Missions in Colonial & Postcolonial South Asia |
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Enlightenment in the colony [[electronic resource] ] : the Jewish question and the crisis of postcolonial culture / / Aamir R. Mufti |
Autore | Mufti Aamir |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
Disciplina | 211.60954 |
Soggetto topico |
Secularism - India - History
Nationalism - India - History Muslims in literature Jews in literature Jews - Europe - Identity - History Liberalism - Europe - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-08785-1
9786612087851 1-4008-2766-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue. Towards a Genealogy of Postcolonial Secularism -- Part I. Emergence: Europe and Its Others -- Chapter One. Jewishness as Minority -- Chapter Two. Inscriptions of Minority in British Late Imperial Culture -- Part II. Displacements: On the Verge of India -- Chapter Three. Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad -- Chapter Four. Saadat Hasan Manto -- Chapter Five. Faiz Ahmed Faiz -- Epilogue. In My Beginning Is My End -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Enlightenment in the colony [[electronic resource] ] : the Jewish question and the crisis of postcolonial culture / / Aamir R. Mufti |
Autore | Mufti Aamir |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
Disciplina | 211.60954 |
Soggetto topico |
Secularism - India - History
Nationalism - India - History Muslims in literature Jews in literature Jews - Europe - Identity - History Liberalism - Europe - History |
ISBN |
1-282-08785-1
9786612087851 1-4008-2766-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue. Towards a Genealogy of Postcolonial Secularism -- Part I. Emergence: Europe and Its Others -- Chapter One. Jewishness as Minority -- Chapter Two. Inscriptions of Minority in British Late Imperial Culture -- Part II. Displacements: On the Verge of India -- Chapter Three. Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad -- Chapter Four. Saadat Hasan Manto -- Chapter Five. Faiz Ahmed Faiz -- Epilogue. In My Beginning Is My End -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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Enlightenment in the colony [[electronic resource] ] : the Jewish question and the crisis of postcolonial culture / / Aamir R. Mufti |
Autore | Mufti Aamir |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ, : Princeton University Press, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (343 p.) |
Disciplina | 211.60954 |
Soggetto topico |
Secularism - India - History
Nationalism - India - History Muslims in literature Jews in literature Jews - Europe - Identity - History Liberalism - Europe - History |
ISBN |
1-282-08785-1
9786612087851 1-4008-2766-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- A Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue. Towards a Genealogy of Postcolonial Secularism -- Part I. Emergence: Europe and Its Others -- Chapter One. Jewishness as Minority -- Chapter Two. Inscriptions of Minority in British Late Imperial Culture -- Part II. Displacements: On the Verge of India -- Chapter Three. Jawaharlal Nehru and Abul Kalam Azad -- Chapter Four. Saadat Hasan Manto -- Chapter Five. Faiz Ahmed Faiz -- Epilogue. In My Beginning Is My End -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index |
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From temple to museum : colonial collections and Umā Maheśvar icons in the Middle Ganga Valley / / Salila Kulshreshtha |
Autore | Kulshreshtha Salila |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 pages) : illustrations (black and white), tables |
Disciplina | 732.4 |
Collana | Archaeology and Religion in South Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Hindu sculpture - Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh) - History
S{imacr}t{amacr} (Hindu deity) Uma (Hindu deity) |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Art.
History |
ISBN |
1-351-35610-0
1-315-12121-2 1-351-35609-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | chapter Introduction -- part PART I The making of museum collections -- chapter 1 Creating identities -- chapter 2 Making of museums -- part PART II The icon in context -- chapter 3 Sacred sites -- chapter 4 The Uma Mahesvaramurti -- chapter 5 Shifting centres. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910772086903321 |
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India, Pakistan, and democracy : solving the puzzle of divergent paths / / Philip Oldenburg |
Autore | Oldenburg Philip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - India
Democracy - Pakistan Democratization - India Democratization - Pakistan |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-136-93930-X
1-282-78144-8 9786612781445 0-203-84715-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Why India is a democracy and Pakistan is not (yet?) a democracy; Part I: The first thirty years of independence; 2 Inheritances of colonial rule; 3 Politicians and bureaucrats in the first years of independence; 4 Institutionalizing democracy; 5 Who (really) governs?; Part II: From 1977 to the present; 6 1977 as a turning point?; 7 Religion as an explanation; 8 External influences; 9 Clearly diverging paths; 10 Prospects for path convergence in the next decades; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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India, Pakistan, and democracy : solving the puzzle of divergent paths / / Philip Oldenburg |
Autore | Oldenburg Philip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - India
Democracy - Pakistan Democratization - India Democratization - Pakistan |
ISBN |
1-136-93929-6
1-136-93930-X 1-282-78144-8 9786612781445 0-203-84715-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Why India is a democracy and Pakistan is not (yet?) a democracy; Part I: The first thirty years of independence; 2 Inheritances of colonial rule; 3 Politicians and bureaucrats in the first years of independence; 4 Institutionalizing democracy; 5 Who (really) governs?; Part II: From 1977 to the present; 6 1977 as a turning point?; 7 Religion as an explanation; 8 External influences; 9 Clearly diverging paths; 10 Prospects for path convergence in the next decades; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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India, Pakistan, and democracy : solving the puzzle of divergent paths / / Philip Oldenburg |
Autore | Oldenburg Philip |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.954 |
Soggetto topico |
Democracy - India
Democracy - Pakistan Democratization - India Democratization - Pakistan |
ISBN |
1-136-93929-6
1-136-93930-X 1-282-78144-8 9786612781445 0-203-84715-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Why India is a democracy and Pakistan is not (yet?) a democracy; Part I: The first thirty years of independence; 2 Inheritances of colonial rule; 3 Politicians and bureaucrats in the first years of independence; 4 Institutionalizing democracy; 5 Who (really) governs?; Part II: From 1977 to the present; 6 1977 as a turning point?; 7 Religion as an explanation; 8 External influences; 9 Clearly diverging paths; 10 Prospects for path convergence in the next decades; 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India [[electronic resource] /] / by I. Sengupta, D. Ali |
Autore | Sengupta I |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 001.20954/09034 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History |
Soggetto topico |
Social history
Asia—History Great Britain—History Education—History Civilization—History Imperialism Social History Asian History History of Britain and Ireland History of Education Cultural History Imperialism and Colonialism |
ISBN |
1-283-12418-1
9786613124180 0-230-11900-X |
Classificazione | HIS017000HIS037060HIS054000HIS015000EDU016000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: PRODUCING COLONIAL KNOWLEDGE * What's in a (Proper) Name? Particulars, Individuals and Authorship in the Linguistic Survey of India and Colonial Scholarship -- Javed Majeed * The Floating Lexicon: Hobson-Jobson and the OED -- Kate Teltscher * Missions and Museums: Hindu Gods and Other "Abominations," 1820-1860 -- Geoffrey Oddie * Antiquarian Knowledge and Preservation of Indian Monuments at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century -- Ann Julie Etter * PART II: HISTORICAL PLACE, HISTORICAL PASTS * Landscapes of the Past: Rajatarangini and Historical Knowledge Production in Late-Nineteenth-Century Kashmir -- Chitralekha Zutshi * Jaunpur, Ruination, and Conservation during the Colonial Era -- Michael Dodson * The Qutb Minar in Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Asar us-anadid -- David Lelyveld * PART III: PEDAGOGY AND TRANSFORMATION * Promoting Scientism: Institutions for Gathering and Disseminating Knowledge in British Bihar -- Peter Gottschalk * Old Books in New Bindings: Ethics and Education in Colonial India -- Avril Powell * Teaching Emotions. Victorian Values and Sharafat in Nineteenth-century Delhi -- Margrit Pernau. |
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Knowledge Production, Pedagogy, and Institutions in Colonial India [[electronic resource] /] / by I. Sengupta, D. Ali |
Autore | Sengupta I |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2011.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina | 001.20954/09034 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History |
Soggetto topico |
Social history
Asia—History Great Britain—History Education—History Civilization—History Imperialism Social History Asian History History of Britain and Ireland History of Education Cultural History Imperialism and Colonialism |
ISBN |
1-283-12418-1
9786613124180 0-230-11900-X |
Classificazione | HIS017000HIS037060HIS054000HIS015000EDU016000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: PRODUCING COLONIAL KNOWLEDGE * What's in a (Proper) Name? Particulars, Individuals and Authorship in the Linguistic Survey of India and Colonial Scholarship -- Javed Majeed * The Floating Lexicon: Hobson-Jobson and the OED -- Kate Teltscher * Missions and Museums: Hindu Gods and Other "Abominations," 1820-1860 -- Geoffrey Oddie * Antiquarian Knowledge and Preservation of Indian Monuments at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century -- Ann Julie Etter * PART II: HISTORICAL PLACE, HISTORICAL PASTS * Landscapes of the Past: Rajatarangini and Historical Knowledge Production in Late-Nineteenth-Century Kashmir -- Chitralekha Zutshi * Jaunpur, Ruination, and Conservation during the Colonial Era -- Michael Dodson * The Qutb Minar in Sayyid Ahmad Khan's Asar us-anadid -- David Lelyveld * PART III: PEDAGOGY AND TRANSFORMATION * Promoting Scientism: Institutions for Gathering and Disseminating Knowledge in British Bihar -- Peter Gottschalk * Old Books in New Bindings: Ethics and Education in Colonial India -- Avril Powell * Teaching Emotions. Victorian Values and Sharafat in Nineteenth-century Delhi -- Margrit Pernau. |
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