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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910461437903321

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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454752503321

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
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459771203321

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.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910781361203321

Autore	Guha-Thakurta Tapati
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Columbia University Press, c2004
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (431 p.)
Disciplina	701/.03/0954
Collana	Cultures of history
Soggetto topico	Nationalism and art - India - History - 19th century Nationalism and art - India - History - 20th century Art - Historiography Archaeology - Research - India - History Art, Indic
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-281-89429-X 9786613792471 0-231-50351-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: The Colonial Past -- 1. The empire and its antiquities: Two pioneers and their scholarly fields -- 2. The museum in the colony: Collecting, conserving, classifying -- PART II: Regional Frames -- 3. Interlocuting texts and monuments: The coming of age of the "native" scholar -- 4. Between the nation and the region: The locations of a Bengali archaeologist -- 5. Wresting the nation's prerogative: Art history and nationalism in Bengal -- PART III: National Claims -- 6. The demands of independence: From a national exhibition to a national museum -- 7. "For the greater glory of Indian art": Travels and tray ails of a Yashi -- PART IV: The Embattled Present -- 8. Art history and the nude: On art, obscenity, and sexuality in contemporary India -- 9. Archaeology and the monument: On two contentious sites of faith and history -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910450696803321