{"product_id":"subordinate-and-marginal-groups-in-early-india","title":"Subordinate and Marginal Groups in Early India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Aloka Parasher-Sen\u003cbr\u003eEditor(s): Aloka Parasher-Sen\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003eYear: N\/A\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: N\/A\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0195665422\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial divisions in contemporary India have a long and complex history. This collection of eleven essays in the Themes in Indian history series, discusses various  historiographical approaches to the study of marginalized society in early India in the period before 1500 AD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume analyses the historical roots of social oppression and exclusion of the other that have marked the marking of identities in the Indian subcontinent. With contributions from Romila Thapar, Brajadulal Chattopadhyaya, Vivekanand Jha, Eleanor Zelliot, Uma Chakravarti, Dagmar Hellman-Rajanagayam, and other renowned scholars, the book highlights how the Indian civilization dealt with problems of diversity and yet did not let go of hierarchical social relations. In view of how easily historical sources are appropriated and misinterpreted today, the essays discuss source material in different historical and ideological contexts so that simplistic generalizations privileging one tradition or viewpoint can be rejected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe substantive Introduction by Aloka Parasher-Sen situates these readings in their ideological and historiographical contexts and simultaneously hinges these essays on the central concern-identities in contemporary India and their not so recent history born of ritual exclusion. An important reader for students, teachers, and scholars of Indian history and society, this volume will also greatly interest Ideologists, social and political activists, and the informed general reader.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Eighteenth Century in Indian History Evolution or Revolution?\u003cbr\u003e-Edited by P J Marshall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA commendable attempt, edited by one of the most distinguished authorities on the eighteenth century. It contains fifteen essays, by noted scholars, as Irfan Habib, Burton Stein, Bernard Cohn, Chris Bayly, John F Richards, among others, excellent Introduction written by Marshall.\u003cbr\u003e-The Statesman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndia's Islamic Traditions, 711-1750\u003cbr\u003e-Edited by Richard M Eaton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume offers, a selection of writing that have, helped configure and reconfigure what is possibly one of the most important and contested themes of India history, the book succeeds in questioning arcane but enduring assumptions about Islam in India.\u003cbr\u003e-The Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrade in Early India.\u003cbr\u003e-Edited by Ranabir Chakravarti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome of the most significant articles on trade in Indian history, The editor provides a masterly long overview, and a most useful annotated bibliography at the end. The book, is excellent, consistently stimulating, judicious and throughout most scholarly.\u003cbr\u003e-Economic and Political Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRailways in Modern India.\u003cbr\u003e-Edited by Ian J Kerr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKerr's collection, includes, interesting essays by notable authors, including Marx, Gandhi, and Daniel Thorner, Kerr provides a long and informative introduction, and a useful research not and annotated bibliography on the history of the Indian railways.\u003cbr\u003e-The Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Aloka Parasher-Sen \/ Oxford University Press \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153600278896,"sku":"13395","price":53.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/13395.jpg?v=1793911457","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/subordinate-and-marginal-groups-in-early-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}