Mapping Histories: Essays presented to Ravinder Kumar
Chandhoke, Neera (Ed.)
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Book ID : 21772
ISBN-10 : 81-85229-16-3 / 8185229163
ISBN-13 : 978-81-85229-16-4 / 9788185229164
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2000
Edition :
Language : English
viii, 444p., 22 cm.
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Ravinder Kumar was known for his pioneering work was well known for his pioneering work on the social consequences of colonial rule in India. His seminal essays on the Rawlett Satyagrah and on politics in the city of Bombay in the 1920s and 30s; his work as editor of documents relating to events in 1947 for volume in the Towards Freedom Series; his conceptualization of India as a 'civilization state' to better understand its plularity and cultural diversity all this reflect his sustainable intrest in the complex processes of colonial and contemporary Indian society.