Author: Great Britain. India Office. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the India Office
Author: Great Britain. India Office. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of the India Office
Author: India Office LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
Becoming Religious in a Secular Age
Author: Mark ElmorePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520290542
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
"Religion is commonly imagined as a timeless component of human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered their religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival work, Becoming Religious in a Secular Age narrates their discovery and the ways it transformed their relations to their pasts, to themselves, and to others. And as Mark Elmore demonstrates, Himachali religion offers a unique opportunity to reimagine relations between religion and secularity more generally. Tracing the emergence of religion as a widely accepted category, Elmore shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its emergence. To become modern ethical subjects is to become religious, and this book creatively augments our understanding of both religion and modernity"--Provided by publisher.
The 1857 Indian Uprising and the Politics of Commemoration
Author: Sebastian Raj PenderPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1316511332
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 269
Book Description
An innovative study using the commemoration of 1857 as a prism through which to explore 150 years of Indian history.
Canadian journal of industry, science and art
Author: The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art
Author: The Great Uprising in India, 1857-58
Author: Rosie Llewellyn-JonesPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843833042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A volume in the Worlds of the East India Company series, edited by Huw Bowen The events of 1857-58 in India are seen here through a series of untold stories which show that they were much more complex than hitherto thought. Drawing on sources in Britain and India, including contemporary East India Company records, together with oral memories from India illustrated with a number of nineteenth century photographs, the author tells of the murder of the British Resident in the princely state of Kotah; of Indians who opposed the Mutiny, and suffered at the hands of the "mutineers"; of a small, but significant, number of Europeans who fought with the Indians against the British; and of the infamous "prize agents" of the East India Company - licensed looters whose rapacity seemed limitless. The book conveys vividly what it was like for different kinds of participants to live through these traumatic events, bringing to life their anxiety and desperation, the grisly bloodshed, and the vast devastation - illustrating overall, as one Indian soldier who served in the East India Company's army put it, "the wind of madness". Dr ROSIE LLEWELLYN-JONES is author and editor of numerous books on India, including The Nawabs, the British and the City of Lucknow (1985) and Portraits of the Indian Princes (forthcoming).
Lincoln Mediated
Author: Gregory BorchardPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351508660
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
Lincoln Mediated provides new information about a historical figure everyone thinks they know. It describes how Abraham Lincoln worked with the press throughout his political career, beginning with his service in Congress in the late 1840s, and detailing how his ties to newspapers in Illinois, New York, and Washington played a central role in the success of his presidency. Gregory A. Borchard and David W. Bulla study how Lincoln used the press to deliver his written and spoken messages, how editors reacted to the president, and how Lincoln responded to their criticism. Reviewing his public persona through the lens of international media and visually based sources, a fascinating profile emerges.The authors cite the papers of Lincoln, the letters of influential figures, and content from leading newspapers. The book also features nineteenth-century illustrations and photographs. Lincoln Mediated ties the president's story directly to the press, illuminating his role as a writer and as a participant in making the news. Lincoln's legacy cannot be understood without understanding the role the press played in helping shape how he was viewed. As the authors show, Lincoln was a man, not just a political figure. Lincoln Mediated is a worthy addition to Transaction's Journalism series.
La presse de la liberté
Author: Eve JohanssonPublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3111357309
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.
An Atlas of the Himalayas by a 19th Century Tibetan Lama
Author: Diana LangePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004416889
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Diana Lange's patient investigations have, in this wonderful piece of detective work, solved the mysteries of six extraordinary panoramic maps of routes across Tibet and the Himalayas, clearly hand-drawn in the late 1850s by a local artist, known as the British Library's Wise Collection. Diana Lange now reveals not only the previously unknown identity of the Scottish colonial official who commissioned the maps from a Tibetan Buddhist lama, but also the story of how the Wise Collection came to be in the British Library. The result is both a spectacular illustrated ethnographic atlas and a unique compendium of knowledge concerning the mid-19th century Tibetan world, as well as a remarkable account of an academic journey of discovery. It will entertain and inform anyone with an interest in this fascinating region. This large format book is lavishly illustrated in colour and includes four separate large foldout maps.