{"product_id":"indian-people-and-society-pramod-k-nayar-9789354356674","title":"Indian People and Society: From Discovery to the Civilizational Mission: English Writings on India, the Imperial Archive, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eIndia and the subcontinent stimulated the curiosity of the British who came to India as traders. Each aspect of life in India - its people, customs, geography, climate, fauna and flora - was documented by British travelers, traders, administrators, soldiers to make sense to the European mind. As they 'discovered' India and occupied it, they also attempted to 'civilise' the natives. \u003cbr\u003eThe present volumes focus on select aspects of the imperial archives: the accounts of \"discovery\" and exploration - fauna and flora, geography, climate - the people of the subcontinent, English domesticity and social life in the subcontinent, the wars and skirmishes - including the \"Mutiny\" of 1857-58 - and the \"civilisational mission\".\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2 \u003ci\u003eIndian People and Society\u003c\/i\u003e includes English studies of Indian languages, people and communities, and the social order.\u003cbr\u003eThe landscape provided, understandably, endless prospects of the survey and the map. But the British were also keen on documenting the people. In the studies generated for 400 years, the British documented castes, religions, education, economies, professions, cultural practices, states of health and sickness, and other domains. With projects like the Census and the People of India, the land's inhabitants were classified and, eventually, also typecast and contributed to the colonial discourse about the native\/colonised.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pramod K. Nayar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354356672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354356674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.32w x 1.00d","brand":"Pramod K. Nayar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945941860607,"sku":"9789354356674","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_57287bca-96d8-4c78-a948-ce666f0a164c.jpg?v=1681510633","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/indian-people-and-society-pramod-k-nayar-9789354356674","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}