{"product_id":"dialogue-and-history-eugene-f-irschick-9780520084056","title":"Dialogue and History: Constructing South India, 1795-1895","description":"Eugene Irschick deftly questions the conventional wisdom that knowledge about a colonial culture is unilaterally defined by its rulers. Focusing on nineteenth-century South India, he demonstrates that a society's view of its history results from a \"dialogic process\" involving all its constituencies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, agricultural life in South India was seminomadic. But when the British took dominion, they sought to stabilize the region by inventing a Tamil \"golden age\" of sedentary, prosperous villages. Irschick shows that this construction resulted not from overt British manipulation but from an intricate cross-pollination of both European and native ideas. He argues that the Tamil played a critical role in constructing their past and thus shaping their future. And British administrators adapted local customs to their own uses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene F. Irschick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520084055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520084056\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.02w x 0.83d","brand":"Eugene F. Irschick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489214517503,"sku":"9780520084056","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d828f9f-9386-41b6-bb86-6a028bd8fee6.jpg?v=1736952910","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dialogue-and-history-eugene-f-irschick-9780520084056","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}