UID:
almahu_9949865892502882
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 191 pages)
ISBN:
9781003461128
,
1003461123
,
9781040033999
,
1040033997
Content:
"This book examines the process of domination of a civilisation and the creation of a vast empire by the British in India in the late 19th and early 20th century. It explores how they extended and maintained their tenuous rule over India through coercion, violent oppression and exploration of knowledge of this vast region and its people. Excavating archival materials, this volume looks at extensive ethnographic surveys, the study of history, cartography, archaeology, native languages and literatures from colonial times. It takes a critical look at the attempts at unraveling the social structural principles such as caste and religious groups and also how power was used in multiple forms and contexts to establish dominance over the people of the subcontinent and its resources. The essays in this volume are from a period when the technologies of colonization were being experimented with and reflect a mixed bag of admiration, derogation and paternalism from those holding positions of power and responsibility, including some elite Indians. It further examines the emergence of a sense of nationalism, a critique of the Eurocentric views of the colonial masters, indicating the contribution of Western education to the formation of an Indian identity that finds resonance in modern times. This book will be useful to students and researchers of anthropology, sociology, public administration, modern history, colonial studies, and demography. It will also be of interest to civil servants, students of history, Indian culture and society, religions, colonial history, law, and South Asia studies"--
Note:
Introduction / Subhadra Mitra Channa -- Inauguration of the Anthropological Society of Bombay, 1886 : a vision for anthropology in India / Edward Tyrrell Leith -- Development or evolution of anthropology in India / H.H. Risley -- A survey of the work accomplished by the Anthropological Society of Bombay, with suggestions for extended the sphere of its activities and influence / R. P. Masani -- Dr. Leitner's address on ethnography -- Anthropology : it's study in Bombay / Narayan Chandavarkar -- Letter from Bombay government about museum and reply -- The formation and uses of an anthropological museum / R.C. Temple -- Ethnological survey : India and England / G. Waters -- Introductory note on ethnographic survey / R.E. Enthoven -- Presidential address / S. M. Edwards -- Presidential Address / S. M. Edwardes -- A brief report from the Hon. Secretary of his attendance at the 10th Indian science congress at Lucknow / J.J. Modi -- Some neglected fields of anthropology in India / J.A. Saldanha -- Presidential address on anthropology and some modern problems / J. Mackenzie -- The Bombay census (1901) and Hindu castes / Tribhovandas Munguldas Nathubhoy -- The results of the enthnographical survey of Bombay / R. E. Enthoven -- The culture and civilization of ancient India / Rao Bahadur P.B. Joshi -- Some notes on the village system of the Bombay presidency / R.G. Gordon -- A few notes on the aborigines of Chhota Udepur state in the Rewa Kantha political agency / H. J. Antia -- Sancholoos, a criminal wandering tribe / E.J. Gunthorpe.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Colonial anthropology Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024 ISBN 9781032567051
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003461128
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003461128
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