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Gazing Eastwards Of Buddhist Monks and Revolutionaries in China, 1957
ISBN: HB: 9780857428165, Seagull Books, March 2021
296 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 20 colour plates, 12 halftones
In 1957, renowned Indian historian Romila Thapar visited China, where, together with Sri Lankan art historian Anil de Silva, she worked at two cave sites that were the locations of Buddhist monasteries and shrines from the first millennium CE. The fi...
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Dangerous Outcast The Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century Bengal
ISBN: PB: 9780857426154, Seagull Books, September 2019
256 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
"Dangerous Outcast" traces prostitution in Bengal from precolonial times through the arrival of the British, examining how the profession was reordered to suit British desires. Drawing on nineteenth-century popular and folk culture, Sumanta Banerjee...
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£25,00
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Parlour and the Street Elite and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century Calcutta
ISBN: PB: 9780857426178, Seagull Books, September 2019
272 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
In this book, Sumanta Banerjee analyzes the development of the folk culture of Calcutta's urban poor following the establishment of the British colonial system in Bengal. Consisting primarily of traditional artisans who migrated from neighboring vill...
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Past as Present Forging Contemporary Identities Through History
ISBN: HB: 9780857426444, Seagull Books, September 2019
336 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
"Nations need identities. These are created from perceptions of how societies have evolved. In this, history plays a central role. Insisting on reliable history is therefore crucial to more than just a pedagogic cause. Delicate relationships between...
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Change
ISBN: PB: 9780857421609, Seagull Books, February 2013
117 pp., 18.3x11.9 cm
In "Change", Mo Yan – China's foremost novelist – personalizes the political and social changes in his country over the past few decades in a novella disguised as autobiography (or vice-versa). Unlike most historical narratives from China, which are...
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£10,00
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Amritsar Voices from Between India and Pakistan
ISBN: PB: 9781905422333, ISBN: HB: 9781905422326, Seagull Books, December 2006
264 pp., 23.4x15.8 cm
The city of Amritsar stands on the volatile border between India and Pakistan. It has been a focus for political and religious conflict since the partition of 1947. "Amritsar" brings together 25 first-hand accounts of life in a city at the epicentre...
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£24,00
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£79,00
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Histories for the Subordinated
ISBN: PB: 9781905422388, ISBN: HB: 9781905422371, Seagull Books, October 2006
408 pp., 22.8x15.6 cm
"Histories for the Subordinated" brings together the key writings of David Hardiman, one of the foremost contemporary historians of the subcontinent. Hardiman's practice as a historian – his enormously rich empiricism, archival work, and fieldwork, a...
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£28,00
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£79,00
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