An Anthropologist among the Historians and Other Essays |
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| Author:
| Cohn, Bernard S. |
| Introduction by:
| Guha, Ranajit |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-561875-4 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1988 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $82.50 |
Book Description:
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This is the first collection of Bernard S. Cohn's essays on colonial and post-colonial India, writings that have been of seminal importance to scholars of the subcontinent since the 1950s. A scholar of history as well as anthropology, Cohn offers readers a unique perspective on the social structure, colonization, and transformation of Indian society. This study will be of special value for courses in anthropology, sociology and history.
This is the first collection of Bernard S. Cohn's essays on colonial and post-colonial India, writings that have been of seminal importance to scholars of the subcontinent since the 1950s. A scholar of history as well as anthropology, Cohn offers readers a unique perspective on the social structure, colonization, and transformation of Indian society. This study will be of special value for courses in anthropology, sociology and history.