Environment and Ethnicity in India, 1200-1991 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521028707)

Drawing on a rich collection of sources, Sumit Guha demonstrates how the ideology of indigenous cultures, developed in recent years out of the notion of a pure and untouched ethnicity, is in fact rooted in nineteenth-century racial and colonial anthropology. Challenging this view, he traces the processes by which the apparently immutable identities of South Asian populations took shape, and how these populations interacted with civilizations beyond their immediate vicinity. His penetrating critique will make a significant contribution to the history of South Asia and to the literature on ethnicity.

Author: Sumit Guha
ISBN-10: 0521028701
ISBN-13: 9780521028707
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2006
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d