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In challenging Eurocentric histories and accounts of international law, this book introduces an alternative history of pre-independence India. Western scholars trace the genesis of international law……続きを見る

From a MacArthur "Genius," a bold new perspective on the history of Asia, highlighting the long quest to tame its waters Asia's history has been shaped by her waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sun……続きを見る

A bold new perspective on the history of South Asia, telling its story through its climate, and the long quest to tame its waters South Asia's history has been shaped by its waters. In Unruly Waters……続きを見る

Building Histories offers innovative accounts of five medieval monuments in Delhiーthe Red Fort, Rasul Numa Dargah, Jama Masjid, Purana Qila, and the Qutb complexーtracing their modern lives from th……続きを見る

Exploring several utopian imaginaries and practices, A Place for Utopia ties different times together from the early twentieth century to the present, the biographical and the anthropological, the c……続きを見る

In Stereotype confronts the importance of cultural stereotypes in shaping the ethics and reach of global literature. Mrinalini Chakravorty focuses on the seductive force and explanatory power of ste……続きを見る

This book is about the processes and practices through which two differently positioned elites, among the colonisers and the colonised, were constituted respectively as the 'manly Englishman' and th……続きを見る

Deep in lost history, did high civilizations and advanced knowledge thrive? The ancient Vedic literatures of India describe a worldwide civilization that flourished at a time when modern historians……続きを見る

This is a remarkable work of scholarship which shows how Kashmirs modern Muslim identity came into existence. In doing this, it demonstrates the complex manner in which politics can enforce the crea……続きを見る

Specters of Mother India tells the complex story of one episode that became the tipping point for an important historical transformation. The event at the center of the book is the massive internati……続きを見る